Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cengiz Ergün, who made statements regarding the Gediz Junction at the breakfast organized by the Nationalist Movement Party Manisa Provincial Presidency, attended by the national and local press members in Manisa, said: I did. Our President conveyed his inclusion in the investment program to the relevant Ministers. Hopefully, the works of the Gediz Junction will start in 2023," he said.
Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cengiz Ergün gave information about the Gediz Junction to the members of the press at the meeting organized by the MHP Manisa Provincial Presidency. Stating that the current Gediz Junction is the biggest problem of Manisa, Manisa Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cengiz Ergün said, “We have been working on the construction of this Gediz Junction for about 3 and a half years. Within the Ministry of Transport, studies were carried out with the State Railways and the Highways separately, after which the three institutions came together many times. Previously, Highways had prepared a project here. However, with the introduction of the high-speed train, it was a project that was planned to be passed through the city and 8 under and overpasses were planned to be built in Manisa. You know that project, with our opposition, we had it accepted to go on the ring road next to the existing garage. Later, when the line where the high-speed train passes is clear, as you know, we have Wastewater Treatment Plants towards the İzmir ring road. A hop-on-hop-off station was planned there by the State Railways. We were also against it. And we said, you will install the station next to the new garage. Why? As a result, we objected so that our citizens could reach all buses right next to the garage at a point where bus circulation, connection with the city, hop on and off. These are clear. Of course, with the arrival of the high-speed train, that old junction automatically changed on that line. For a re-drawing of the project, the Ministry of Transport, Highways did its work. And those projects are finished. In other words, due to the zoning plans of Manisa, which has not been made for 33 years, the 18 applications of that intersection will be completed in a month or two. The plans for 5 thousand are finished, then the plans for the thousand are coming to our assembly step by step. In the last month, the area where the current intersection will be built was passed by the parliament. Those arrangements, which the Highways could not do for years due to the expropriation costs being too high, will be allocated to the Highways with our consent, again, with our 18 applications as the Metropolitan Municipality, without any charge. When our President came to Manisa last month, I personally conveyed this issue to them and expressed it. Our President conveyed the instruction to be included in the investment program to the relevant Ministers. At this point, I had the opportunity to transfer it. In that respect, following these 18 applications, hopefully, the activities, tender and construction that will be implemented in 2023 will be completed at our junction. The high-speed train has already entered within the borders of Manisa, it is coming. As long as the allowances there are increased, there will be a rapid transition from here. I should have stated that," he said.
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