| Profiles of Turkish Public Sector Projects for Foreign Funding in 2000 | Railway Transport |
| TURKEY-GEORGIA (KARS-TBİLİSİ) RAİLWAY CONSTRUCTION | 1999E010020 |
| Project Description | 92,5 kms of double line railway construction, electrification, telecommunication. |
| Executing Agency | Gen.Dir.of Railways, Ports and Airport Construction (DLHİ) |
| Location | Kars |
| Duration | 1999 - 2002 |
| Status | The Project
will provide a railway link between Turkey and Caucasian countries
and land-locked Central Asian Republics. Thus, the line will open up these countries to the world trade through the shortest route to the West and via port facilities of Black Sea and Mediterranean. Within the scope of the project, application projects will be prepared and 92 kms of new double line railway will be constructed in the Turkish territory. In conjunction with this truck renewal on Ahılkelek-Marabda-Tbilisi railway section will be realised in the Georgian territory. The project cost estimated below pertains to the Turkish section only. |
| (million US$) | ||
|
Foreign
|
TOTAL
|
|
| Project Cost |
400,0
|
466,0
|
| Accumulated Expenses as of End 1999 |
0,0
|
0,0
|
| 2000 Allocation |
0,0
|
0,0
|
| Required Loan Amount |
400,0
|
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