Azerbaijani media reports that country’s Minister of Transport, Ziya Mammadov, during his speech at the meeting of Cabinet of Ministers, said that Construction work on the new Baku Tbilisi Kars railway, designed to connect Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey’s transport systems is continuing at a rapid pace.
According to the minister, the road construction with a length of 5.2 kilometers at the Akhalkalaki district on the border with Turkey has been completed. Construction work is currently underway in this district.
The construction of railway buildings at Akhalkalaki and Kartsakhi stations with a 150 meters long bridge located along a 101-103 kilometers stretch of the road, and a 4.2 kilometers long tunnel on the border with Turkey and Georgia are in progress. Construction work on revamping a 153 kilometers long area of Marabda Akhalkalaki is underway.
Mammadov reported that work on the road construction has continued for nine months in Azerbaijan. Some 362.8 kilometers of road have been constructed during this period, 77.5 of them are roads of important to the republic whilst 285.3 kilometers are of a local importance.
About 11 bridges have been constructed over highways from January to September.
