Yerevan-Sevan highway section will be temporarily closed due to repair work
ArmInfo.The traffic on the Yerevan-Sevan-Ijevan interstate highway segment will be temporarily limited.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Transport,
Communications and IT of Armenia, the traffic will be limited on some
sections of the Yerevan-Sevan-Ijevan (36-57 km, Yerevan-Sevan) and
64-57 km in the direction of Sevan-Yerevan.
"The restriction for all types of vehicles will be introduced from
August 28 to October 10 in connection with the repair work," the
statement reads. The traffic will be organized along the opposite
direction from Sevan to Yerevan.
As ArmInfo reported, August 10, Armenian Prime Minister Karen
Karapetyan expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of repair work
on the route Yerevan-Sevan. "Why is the construction on the Yerevan-
Sevan highway so protracted?" Prime Minister of Armenia Karen
Karapetyan asked at a government meeting. "On the road there is one
site, passing by which in this hot summer time, you do not see a
single builder - not in the morning hours, not evening," he was
indignant. In response, Gagik Grigoryan, Deputy Minister of
Transport, Communications and Information Technologies, said that at
this stage, the bridge is under repair. "One section of the bridge
has been renovated, the other - is nearing completion," he said.
Work on other sections of the route will begin after August 26. "And
if everything is already done on the bridge, why do not you open the
bridge?" Karapetyan said.
Earlier, on May 5, the head of the Armenian Ministry of Transport
Vahan Martirosyan said that in Armenia it is planned to establish a
Road Fund, which will finance the repair of roads. According to him,
the amount of budget financing of this program is not enough.
Annually about 7.5 billion AMD are allocated for these purposes,
while at least 90 billion are needed. Budget funds in winter are sent
to ensure the passability of vehicles, snow cleaning, and in the
summer time - to repair roads of interstate and republican
importance. This year, it is envisaged to send 5bln AMD for the
summer period, most of which will be used for repair of the
Yerevan-Sevan highway.