Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay announced that they will lay the foundation of the Barış Caddesi Tram Line in 2024.
President Altay continued his speech as follows:
Sharing that they are carrying out very important work to relieve traffic in Konya, Mayor Altay said, “With the rail system activities of our Metropolitan Municipality, which started in 1986, we have a tram line that has reached 26.5 kilometers in length to date. Hopefully, in this period, we will add new lines with a length of 5 kilometers within 105.7 years. We will undertake 77 kilometers of this together with our Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, and 28 kilometers as Konya Metropolitan Municipality. Our total rail system line, whose tender has been made and whose consultancy is ongoing, is 1,5 times the length of our current line. We laid the foundations of some of these, just like in the suburbs. "We plan to lay the foundations of the others in April," he said.
“KONYARAY SUMMARY LINE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS WE HAVE DONE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN OUR CITY”
Providing information about the KONYARAY Suburban Line, which is under construction at full speed, Mayor Altay said, “One of the most important works we have done so far in terms of public transportation in our city is the Suburban Line. It was a very important task, especially for our citizens in our Organized Industrial Zone and industrial areas to use public transportation. It is one of the most costly works in the history of Konya. The first stage tender has been completed with 2 billion 787 million, and the work continues. "Hopefully, in the second stage, the 2nd Organized Industrial and Yaylapınar lines will be completed and we will bring an important public transportation network to our city," he said.
THE FOUNDATION OF BARIŞ AVENUE TRAM LINE WILL BE LAYED IN APRIL
Announcing that they will lay the foundation of the Barış Caddesi Tram Line in 2024, Mayor Altay continued his speech as follows:
“We plan to start the construction of our 16.9 kilometer long line, starting from Fırat Street and extending from Beyhekim Hospital, Barış Street to Kent Plaza, this year. Again, one of our important works is the Courthouse-City Hospital-New Industrial Site Line. This is one of the most anticipated lines. Because with the construction of the City Hospital and the relocation of Eski Sanayi and Karatay Sanayi, there has been a tremendous density in this region. Hopefully, we plan to break ground here in April this year. First, starting the connection between the City Hospital and the Courthouse via the City Hospital Underpass; Afterwards, we, as the Metropolitan Municipality, will implement the first phase from Aslım Street to our New Industrial Site. The process of this work is about to be completed at a cost of approximately 1.5 billion lira. "We will make a more detailed statement with our Minister of Transport about the rail system lines we have mentioned before and explain how Konya will add 5 kilometers of rail system lines to our city in the next 105 years."
