No damage incurred on Tskneti-Betania new connecting road and movement is safe
There has been disseminated information in media as though Tskneti-Betania connecting new road requires additional reinforcing, however it is not the truth. The reference of that information was made on retaining wall of Tbilisi-Tskneti motor road which is not the part of Tskneti-Betania Road.
Rehabilitation of about 4 km section of Tskneti-Samadlo and Tskneti-Akhaltaba road was completed by MDF last year in summer and movement over this road has been absolutely safe since then.
In the road rehabilitation project there were involved the foreign experts from Germany, Turkey, Austria and Russia. Safety regulations were at most considered in the course of construction because of difficulty of the road.
It was for the first time that the European method was introduced in Georgia which designates installation of special meshes to stop rock falling. There were installed also the early warning systems that deliver the signal to the roadway gates of entrance and exit upon movement of even insignificant rock, providing at that automatic locking of the road.
In the course of construction the questionable zones were drilled and rocks were reinforced by means of anchors. The reliability factor of landslide slope was also defined which is calculated for seismic impacts of 8 magnitude and hydrological pressures.
At 12:00 of April 24th, Executive Director of MDF Giorgi Shengelia, Contractor Company and German Specialist involved in project implementation process will visit Tskneti-Betania road section and provide the detailed information to any interested person.
