Full reconstruction of Baku-Georgian border highway to allow increase of freight flow

The increase of the freight flow through automobile transport via the TRACECA corridor may be expected after the completion of the project on the reconstruction of the Baku-Georgian border highway, Akif Mustafayev, the TRACECA National Secretary, told Trend.

At present only 503km section of the highway has been reconstructed. The reconstruction of the Alat-Hajigabul section was completed in 2004, the Ganja-Shamkir - 2005. The roads Hajigabul-Kurdamir and Shamkir-Gazakh are under reconstruction. The full reconstruction of the highway requires restoration of the roads Kurdamir-Ujar-Yevlakh-Ganja and Gazakh-Georgian border.

Mustafayev stressed that around 15 lorries with Cornet-TIR guarantee-books pass through Azerbaijan. It is related to the bad state of the section of the Baku-Georgian border highway.

The full reconstruction of the highway, which is planned to be carried out during two years, will allow increase of transportations by 4-5 times.