Proceedings of the 13
th
Meeting of the
Transport and Communications Working Group
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TANAP (Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project),
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1915 Canakkale Bridge and Malkara-Çanakkale,
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Devoll Hydropower Project 1-2, Albania,
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Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait,
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CPEC Western Route, Hakla-D.I.Khan Motorway, Pakistan,
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Iraq Gali-Zakho Tunnel Construction Project, Iraq,
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Volgograd Int. Airport New Terminal Building Phase 2, Russia,
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Subway Construction, Ukraine.
Mr. KURT continued his presentation by further elaborating the Northern Marmara Motorway
Project, as a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project, implemented in Turkey. He expressed that
by providing the transportation of the Thrace region to Istanbul, with the help of the Yavuz
Sultan Selim bridge and connection roads, the city traffic will be relieved and the July 15th
Bridge will reduce the traffic density on Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. In addition, transportation
to the Istanbul New Airport will be quickly and comfortably. This project will also ease
transportation within the city by providing access to Istanbul and reducing the traffic density in
the existing transportation axles. In addition, Transit Traffic, which passes through Istanbul, will
shorten the transportation of Bursa-Izmir with Osmangazi Bridge and facilitate transportation
to Central and Eastern Anatolia regions with Izmit-Akyazi sections.
Moreover, Mr. KURT highlighted the general organization of the Northern Marmara Motorway
Project and the roles and responsibilities shared among the relevant state authorities and
private sector contractors. Then he briefed the participants on the general itinerary,
expropriation and main components of the project.
Lastly, Mr. KURT underlined the conclusions derived from the implementation of the project as
followings;
The construction period for the 1st phase is 28 months,
The total construction period is 36 months (for Section 4),
Approval of alignment, expropriation, basic design and relocation of underground
facilities in a similar period,
Executive number of manpower and equipment to catch the tight work program,
Less productivity due to late court decisions, late relocation of underground facilities
and permits/provisions of dumping areas,
Working in/and close proximity of crowded areas of Istanbul & Kocaeli (including
industrial zones),
Working in/near main highways of Turkey (D100 State Highway, TEM Motorway and
Gebze-İzmir Motorway).