ADB: The Davidashen-Ashtarak detour road meets all international  standards

ArmInfo. The Davidashen-Ashtarak detour road meets all international standards.  Representatives of the Asian Development Bank, the head of the ADB  Central Department for Central and Western Asia, Werner Liepach and  the director of the Armenian representation of the Bank, Shane  Rosenthal, announced yesterday at the meeting with the vice-mayor of  Yerevan Vahe Nikoyan.

According to municipality press service, after getting acquainted  with the project implementation process, Werner Liepach expressed his  satisfaction with the quality of the works carried out, the pace and  the control carried out. He stressed the importance of activities  aimed at improving work safety. Werner Leipak also expressed belief  that the work will be completed in time.

Earlier, ArmInfo reported that the work on the construction of the  Davidashen-Ashtarak  road, financed by the Asian Development Bank in  the second part of the "Sustainable Urban Development Investment  Program", is drawing to a close. Earlier, the deadline was announced  by 2019. A new road with uninterrupted traffic will have 6 lanes, 28  m width and length of 5.4 km. The Davydashen administrative district  of Yerevan will be connected to the western part of Ajapnyak by the  Ashtarak highway. There will be a direct connection between Chavush  street - Ashtarak highway and Halabyana - Yeghvard highway, which  will ensure uninterrupted traffi. For this purpose, two-level  transport interchanges will be built at the junction of  Chavush-Ashtarak highway and Halabyan-Yeghvard highway. The  construction includes a new metal bridge, 257 m long above the  Hrazdan River and a 2,7 km long road with a 2-way traffic. The new  road will be equipped with lighting at the level of world standards -  LED lamps. A completely ring road around Yerevan is planned to be  built by 2020.