Minister: In 2018 $ 47 million will be allocated for the continuation of the program for the construction of the transport corridor "North-South"

ArmInfo. In 2018, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies of Armenia Vahan Martirosyan stated at the hearings in the parliamentary commissions on the draft law "On the state budget of 2018" on continuation of the program of construction of the transport corridor "North-South".

According to him, these funds will be attracted in the form of credit resources from the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Eurasian Development Bank, another 2.8 billion AMD will be received in the form of a grant from the European Investment Bank. The main front of work next year will unfold on the 84 km of the highway, which provides for laying concrete for 40-45 km. The works, in particular, will be carried out on the road section from the cities of Ashtarak to Gyumri. As a result, the road from 2 lanes will expand to 4, and instead of asphalt will be laid concrete.