KAPAN-MEGHRI ALTERNATIVE MOTORWAY PUT INTO OPERATION
Noyan Tapan
Oct 26, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The opening ceremony of the
90.7-km Kapan-Shikahogh-Meghri alternative motorway took place on
October 26 with the participation of the Armenian president Robert
Kocharian. According to the president, this alternative motoraway
is needed for implementation of big joint projects with Iran in
future. The given program, in his words, will have a continuation:
the Kapan-Sisian road to bypass the city of Goris will be built.
15 bln 175 mln drams has been allocated from the state budget for
construction of the Kapan-Shikahogh-Meghri motorway, which started
in 2005.
The construction work was done by the following companies: "Tchanshin"
(Kapan), "Tchanshin" (Meghri), "Dorozhnik" and "Kapavor" (NKR).