Minister Yıldırım announces the date on which 3 will launch

Minister Yıldırım announced the date when the 3rd bridge will be put into service: Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Yıldırım said, “The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge will start serving in the first half of 2016, in April and May.”

Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications answered the oral questions of the deputies in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

Stating that the rate of female employment in the public sector is 37 percent, Yıldırım stated that 3 thousand 63 people work in the public institutions within the scope of 207 percent disability. Yıldırım stated that the number of disabled employees increased by 2002 percent between 2015 and 604.

“It came out of the concession and turned into a need”

Airways, the people's way they turn into, 15 million citizens first met with the plane Yildirim, now citizens of all segments of the plane has become a plane to ride easily, the air way now turned out to be the privilege expressed the need to express.

Emphasizing that an important development on the highways is surface coating and hot asphalt balance, Yıldırım said, “The amount of surface coating before 2003 was about 50 thousand kilometers. Today, the surface coating decreased to 43 thousand, the amount of hot mixture increased to 19 thousand 300 kilometers. This means that the quality of our roads increases, travel becomes more comfortable, safer, and the country benefits from saving time and fuel. ”

“The bridge will start serving in April and May”

Stating that Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is the widest span bridge in the world, Yıldırım said that there are 4 departures, 4 arrivals, highway and 2 train lines on it.

Stating that the bridge was completed to a large extent, Yıldırım stated that the bridge placement work was 95 percent, the main cable assembly exceeded 97 percent, and the general realization reached 88 percent. Yıldırım stated that this includes 115 kilometers of connection roads around him. Yıldırım said, “Our bridge will start to serve in the first half of 2016 in April and May. With the introduction of this bridge and the connecting roads, the heavy city traffic in Istanbul will be transferred to the bridge in the north. The first, the second bridge will be allocated to small vehicles rather, and the traffic jam will be a little more comfortable in a sense. ”