BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 30
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan plans to create a new passenger transport enterprise Ulag hyzmatlary, Trend reports with reference to the State News Agency of Turkmenistan.
The enterprise is planned to be created for the establishment of intercity passenger traffic.
In particular, the company will be created on the basis of Turkmenistan’s Türkmen awtoban Joint Stock Company.
At the same time, the construction of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat highway, which is carried out by Turkmen awtoban, continues.
As reported, the second asphalt layer of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat highway is being laid in Turkmenistan.
Some 7 concrete mixing centers, 10 concrete, and 13 stone crushing plants operate on the corresponding sections of the highway.
Previously, road decking and geotextiles, as well as a two-layer mixture of crushed stone and sand, were completed.
As reported, it is planned that the asphalt on the highway will be three-layer. The first 10-centimeter layer is formed using large crushed stone in combination with hot porous asphalt. The second, 7-centimeter-made of asphalt and medium-sized rubble. And the third, also 7-centimeter - from asphalt and crushed stone of small fractions.
As reported, the highway will have 8 lanes, 3 main and 1 additional on each side, and the width of the roadbed will be 35 meters.
So, the total cost of the project is $2.3 billion. According to the plan, the construction will be fully completed by 2023.
The high-speed highway will make it possible to speed up and increase the volume of cargo transportation through the territory of Turkmenistan.
The construction of the Ashgabat-Turkmenabat highway started on January 24, 2019.
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