Construction of Tbilisi-Rustavi highway is in progress

August 12, 2015

Municipal Development Fund of Georgia is implementing construction of 17, 4 km Tbilisi Rustavi highway. After construction, travel time from Rustavi to Tbilisi will take 15 minutes and journey will become more safe and comfortable. Cost of the project is GEL 96 685 218.40. Today MDF executive director Juansher Burchuladze visited civil works who went into conversation with workers. Construction of the first and second sections of the highway was commenced on April 22, 2014. More than 300 workers are hired including locals.

Ground works on first section and construction of artificial structures on both direction have already been completed in particular culverts, asphalt concrete covering arrangement on both direction of the road is in progress. 3 km asphalt concrete covering has already been arranged on left direction and more than 3 km on right direction. Total 8 km asphalt concrete covering has to be arranged on both direction. Arrangement of two road bridges and one traffic center has been completed. Construction of two Road Bridge is in progress and will be finalized at the end of August.

Construction of artificial structures on the third section will be finalized in January 2015. Concrete pavement has already been arranged on both direction of the road total 12 km. Construction of 4 bridges is already finalized. Three traffic centers and three pedestrian bridges is arranged. Also arrangement of road guard and sidewalks is in progress and installation of external lighting system will be finalized in autumn of current year. Currently access roads to traffic centers are under arrangement and will be finalized at the end of August of current year.

It has to be mentioned that original project (developed in 2011-2012) did not envisage arrangement of external lighting network and local importance roads, which presented significant defect of the project, in particular absence of internal roads was a big problem for local population living adjacent to the highway. MDF in coordination with ADB made decision and introduced amendment in the project which became the basis for mentioned works implementation. Contract price was increased and total amount composed GEL 96 685 218.40 instead of GEL 88 761 128, 95.According to the contract project finalization was planned in September 2015 but introduced amendments induced additional works implementation thus finalization date will be extended until the end of September of current year.

Tbilisi-Rustavi road construction project is funded by the ADB and the Government of Georgia and provides for modernization of Tbilisi-Rustavi section of “Tbilisi-Red Bridge” (Azerbaijan border) motor road of international importance.

Estimated length of the design road is 17.4 kilometers. Considering complexity of the road alignment, the design road and respective design activities are divided into three following different sequences:

• The Tbilisi-Rustavi road construction project is funded by the ADB and the Government of Georgia and provides for modernization of Tbilisi-Rustavi section of “Tbilisi-Red Bridge” (Azerbaijan border) motor road of international importance.

• First section – from the intercity bus terminal to the restaurant Marabda – 4km long. Cross section of the road is a 6 lane one, with the 3.50m width for each lane. The central barrier is 6m wide. 2.5-3.0m width sidewalks for pedestrians will be arranged on both sides. Pavement is of asphalt concrete.

• Second section – densely populated Ponichala area – with estimated length of 6.8 kilometers. At this section, construction of completely new, approximately 2km long urban type entrance road is planned along the river Mtkvari. Cross section of the road is a 4 lane one, with the 3.75m width for each lane. Pavement is of asphalt concrete.

• Third section – from the “Socar” fuel station located at the Ponichala Settlement exit to the Rutsavi Motor Vehicle Fair - 6, 6 kilometer long. Cross section of the road is a 4 lane one, with the 3.75m width for each lane. The central barrier is 6m wide. Pavement is of cement-concrete.