The second session of the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Council was held in April. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Tunç Soyer's live broadcast disclaimer left its mark. City Council AK Party Group SözcüUpon the claim of Özgür Hızal that the works on the Narlıdere metro construction stopped, the President Tunç Soyer, the contractor firm Gülermak A.Ş. He video-called Deputy Project Manager Serhan Arda and asked how the work was going. Arda at the construction site said, “Our work continues on the Narlıdere metro line, my President. I'm at Dokuz Eylül station right now. My friends continue on the night shift. We are also inspecting them. We have 611 employees at our construction site day and night.” President Soyer stated that they will visit the construction site next week to examine the works of Narlıdere Metro. The working images at the construction site were reflected in the assembly hall in live broadcast.
Our goal is to weave İzmir with rail system networks
President Soyer, who said that the most important topic of "quality of life", which is our strategic goal, is undoubtedly rail systems, said that while the transportation cost of our metro lines was 2,87 liras per passenger, this figure reached 9,91 liras in rubber-tyred transportation. That's why we put the metro network at the center of our work program. We developed our projects, obtained the necessary approvals from the central government, and obtained financial resources. Within two years, we completed the excavation of the Narlıdere metro tunnel and started new metro investments in five new routes.
Along with Narlıdere Metro, Çiğli Tram is under construction. In the centennial year of our Republic, we will have put both lines into service. The 28-kilometer Karabağlar Gaziemir Metro, the 27.5-kilometer Otogar Kemalpaşa Metro and the 5 km-long Örnekköy New Girne Tram Line are the new routes we will bring to İzmir.
And finally, we started the construction of Buca Metro. A total of 93 billion liras will be spent on our six rail system project, which is 32 kilometers long. When we complete these projects, our rail system network in İzmir will increase to 270 kilometers. Thanks to our municipality's strong financial structure and high credit rating, we obtained an international investment loan of 490 million Euros for the Buca Metro. We will repay this loan in 12 years, with four years of principal repayment. The expected annual operating income from the Buca Metro, which will cost 765 million Euros with its trains, is approximately 45 million Euros. Buca Metro is one of the most affordable metro investments in the world. While it takes 30 years for a subway to finance itself around the world, we will do it in less than half the time.
I fully support the decision of Buca Metro.
Mayor Soyer, as you all know, the consortium with the second lowest bid won the tender for our metro. This decision was made by strictly following the European Development Bank's regulation on extremely low bids, and its accuracy was confirmed by the independent auditor appointed by the Bank.
Receiving big project tenders such as the Buca Metro with extremely low bids has two consequences in Turkey and around the world. The project is completed far above the anticipated cost and in a much longer time. Sometimes it's halfway. This is why the European Development Bank's regulation on extremely low offers exists. The bank applies this regulation to all investment loans and the tender is awarded to the lowest bid that is considered realistic. In summary, my friends, the decision taken by our tender commission is 25% compatible with our laws and international rules. The lawsuit already filed does not include the request for the cancellation of the tender either. The claim put forward in the case is that the information regarding the assessment made is insufficient. Upon this claim, the European Development Bank once again confirmed that the decision was in compliance with the rules in its statement dated March XNUMX.
Chairman Soyer, I fully support the decision of our tender commission regarding the Buca Metro. By making this decision, our commission has fulfilled the legal procedures, but has achieved much more. The completion of the metro construction on time and within the planned budget is guaranteed. Let no one doubt. Instead of a construction site that will never close, we will leave a monumental Metro line that ends just in time. We will not let Izmir experience what happened during the construction of our first metro line. He said, "We will keep the promise we made and we will meet the people of Izmir with the Buca Metro on time.
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