3. Why is the airport delayed?

14/01/2015 RAILWAY, GENERAL, HEADLINE
  1. Airport is delayed: 3 2013 25 3 22 152 21 2018 XNUMX XNUMX Limak-Kolin-Cengiz-Mapa-Kalyon group won the airport tender with a bid of XNUMX billion XNUMX million Euros. However, despite the XNUMX month, there was no progress in construction. Failure to comply with the prescribed timetable of the tender made it difficult for the airport to be put into service at XNUMX. Causes of delay scandal emerged with the report of the Court of Accounts.
    3 is the biggest tender of the Republic. airport construction and operation tender was held at 3 May 2013. The Limak-Kolin-Cengiz-Mapa-Kalyon joint venture group won the 25 annual 22 bid with 152 million euros. 3 is the construction of businessmen near the government. The airport has also formed one of the most controversial agendas of recent years. Environmentalists have brought harsh criticism that the airport will upset the ecological balance of Istanbul's Northern Forests. While there was an opportunity to expand the capacity of the two existing airports in Istanbul, there was intense criticism of the need for a new airport. In recent months, there have been controversies that the airport was built in the swamp area.
  2. The developments behind the scenes after the airport tender came to light with the reports of the Court of Accounts. According to the latest DHMI audit report of the TCA, many changes were made in the post-auction project. First of all, the company signed a contract for the construction of the airport at 19 November 2013 between Istanbul Grand Airport (IGA) and the joint venture company that was awarded the contract with DHMİ. The company has demanded delivery of ground from DHMI in December 2013 in order to start construction works in the field. However, DHMI said that after the completion of the procedures for obtaining the final forest permit, place delivery can be made. The company has requested that the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs make the necessary applications to start drilling operations and to cut the trees on the roads necessary for transportation. He also called on the Istanbul Forestry Directorate to provide permission for the establishment of construction sites for workers, construction of parking spaces for construction machinery. DHMI requested permission requests to be made after the delivery of the place, such as the construction site buildings before the delivery of the place, stating that there is no action to be made, and returned the request files to the company. In March, the company presented the master plans and supplements of the airport to DHMI.
    According to the tender document, approximately 1,7 billion cubic meters of fill is needed for the project, and this amount is planned to be met from the Canal Istanbul project on the European side, but the timeline of this project does not correspond with the airport. It is proposed to create. In the event that the required amount of fill for the airport elevation is applied, it was demanded that the platform described in the tender documents could not be constructed within the required time and therefore the amount of the fill would be reduced. DHMI, evaluating this demand of the company, accepted the request for the reduction of the jeans. It was decided to reduce the cost difference in favor of IGA in favor of DHMI by means of rent method or additional investment.
    In addition, it was decided to shorten the DB track designed as a departure track due to expropriation cases filed by the residents of Ağaçlı village, which is next to the airport. It was decided to evaluate the difference in favor of IGA in favor of DHMİ by the methods such as rent and additional investment. In the minutes signed in May, numerous technical changes were made to the tracks as well as the above-mentioned changes. The correspondence between DHMI and IGA regarding the construction of the airport revealed that the necessary feasibility studies were not made before and after the tender. Although 29 years have passed through the tender, the place delivery could not be made. The consortium of 1,5 is still trying to consolidate the ground. Lütfi Elvan, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Journalism, 5. in his review of the airport construction site, three-quarters of the terrain, he explained. Elvan said, taban The three-quarters of the airport area is not in the marshy position, but a very strong base. We use the 'Wick Drain' technique, which is used in the world to consolidate the floor. Z
    Legislation changed 3 months ago
    Another important detail was included in the report of the Court of Accounts. According to this, an important article was added to the Law on Construction of some Investments and Services within the Framework of Build-Operate-Transfer Model 3 months ago. Accordingly, in the event of termination of the contract of the winning companies, it was foreseen that the government would take over the loan. This provision was added to the Istanbul New Airport Application Agreement in the Court of Accounts report. In the report, the advantages of this situation are explained as follows: yan This legal arrangement will enable the financing to be realized by increasing the interest in the tenders as well as providing easier financing in projects that require large investment resources. In addition, due to the difficulties in the project processes due to the lack of preparation of projects or general periods of economic crisis, their administrations are also likely to encounter high financial obligations. Bun

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