BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 10
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
Some 800 km of roads have been rebuilt across Georgia in 2019, said Head of the Roads Department under the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia Irakli Karseladze said, Trend reports with reference to the department.
According to him, this is almost four times more compared to the previous year.
"About 200 projects have been carried out in 2019, including the construction and reconstruction of 52 bridges in total. Reconstruction work also is underway on tourist routes", Karseladze said.
As the department head noted, among various tourist routes, work is being carried out on the road to the Okatse Canyon, located in the Khoni Municipality of the Imereti region.
"Reconstruction is taking place also on roads which have never been paved with asphalt, including the 28-km Tianeti-Akhmeta and 21-km Khornabuji-Erisimedi roads", he said.
In his words, work is also underway on the 15.5 km road of Akhmeta-Telavi-Bakurtsikhe towards Kakheti in east Georgia.
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