The light rail system route and implementation project to be built between Akçaabat-Yomra in Trabzon is nearing completion. Level crossings, stops and underground areas have been determined. In the first phase of the rail system, the city hospital, stadium, bus station, KTÜ and airport will also be accessible.
Work on the light rail system route and implementation project to be built between Akçaabat and Yomra in Trabzon continues at an intense pace.
THEY INSPECTED THE ENTIRE ROUTE
The authorities of Yüksel Proje A.Ş., the contractor of the Light Rail Transportation System route study and implementation projects, and the teams of the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure have reached the final stage of their rapidly ongoing field work. The delegation consisting of the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments Urban Rail Systems Project Department Head Ahmet Tunçsoy and his team, Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Advisor Mustafa Yaylalı, Deputy Secretary General Erdoğan Beder and Transportation Department Head Fatih Bayraktar toured the route and consulted on the prepared plan. An agreement was reached on the determined stops, level crossing points and areas where underground crossings will be made. The final state of the Karadeniz Technical University stop will be finalized with the approval of the KTÜ administration. It was reported that the project, which will be completed in a short time, will be submitted to the approval of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
WE WANT TO FINISH THIS TERM
Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Metin Genç, stating that he was pleased with the rapid progress of the works, said, “We will hopefully complete this work, which we have been following every development from moment to moment. Everything is fine so far. Project works are nearing completion. We want to get approval quickly and say ‘Bismillah’ by hitting the first pickaxe. We are determined to introduce the rail transportation system to Trabzon during this period. I would like to thank our Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, our General Manager of Infrastructure Investments Yalçın Eyigün and his team, and the contractor company employees for their support.”
