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May 12, 2012

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) document for Section 3 of Modernization of Tbilisi-Rustavi Urban Road project

Background

The Government of Georgia signed a loan agreement of USD 85 million with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under a MFF to implement the Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program-Project-1. The modernization of road section-3 of 6.1 km from Phonichalato Rustavi forms a part of Tbilisi-Rustavi Highway with a total length of 17.1 km is one of the components /sub-projects identified for reconstruction. The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia (MDFG) is the project executing, implementing and disbursing agency. The MDFG is the Employer and acts on behalf of the municipality and the Road Department of Georgia. The objective of the Project is to develop an efficient, affordable, and environmentally sustainable transportation system that forms a part of the south-east route of the country.

The project will focus on the improvement of the existing transport services linking Rustavi to Tbilisi. The Project targeted measures and specific facilities such as provision of interchanges, road widening, bus stops, road marking, footbridge or underpass included to ensure a quick, safe and reliable bus services and guarantee proper physical connection with metro network at the entrance of the city. The Program was developed as the Government’s response to the transportation problems in urban areas, which include large traffic volumes between Tbilisi and Rustavi route causing increasing delays, as a result of previous under-investment in infrastructure maintenance and expansion.
May 12, 2012

Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) document for Section 1 of Modernization of Tbilisi-Rustavi Urban Road project

Executive Summary
Background
The modernization of road section-1of 4 km from Tbilisi to Phonichala forms a part of Tbilisi-Rustavi Highway with a total length of 17.1 km is one of the components /sub-projects identified for reconstruction. The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia (MDF) is the project executing, implementing and disbursing agency. The MDF is the Employer and acts on behalf of the municipality and the Road Department of Georgia. The project will focus on the improvement of the existing transport services linking Tbilisi to Rustavi. The Project includes targeted measures and specific facilities such as provision of interchanges, road widening, bus stops, road marking, revetment, stabilization treatment of sanitary area, footbridge or underpass to ensure a quick, safe and reliable bus services and guarantee proper physical connection with metro network at the entrance of the city.
The national consulting firm WEG has been engaged by DOHWA Engineering Ltd/Transproject Ltd to prepare and deliver the IEE for Tbilisi-Phonichala Project to MDF.