ArmInfo. On the section 265 + 000-270 + 000 km of the road of interstate importance Yerevan-Yeraskh-Goris-Meghri-Armenian-Iranian border, near the settlement of Shurnukh, Syunik region, work has started on overhaul of roads.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures, 615 million drams were allocated from the state budget to carry out these works.
According to the source, the company-contractor is LLC "Aparazh", which will carry out earthworks, laying gabions, introducing drainage systems, safety elements (signal bars of the type C1), installation of a two-layer asphalt concrete pavement, etc.
The renovation work started in June and will be completed within 180 days.
Recall that earlier in an interview with the correspondent. ArmInfo Andrei Shirokov, executive director of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD), whose funds are managed by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), said that the Fund will allocate about $ 150 million for the construction of the southern section of the North-South highway in Armenia. The construction of the 556-kilometer North- South highway (from Bavra to Meghri) will cost more than $ 2 billion, since its only southern section, between the cities of Artashat and Meghri, according to preliminary estimates, will cost $ 1.5 billion.
