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Proceedings of the 13

th

Meeting of the

Transport and Communications Working Group

28

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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).