Turkish highway authorities will tender construction of the remaining part the Izmir-Menemen-Aliaga-Candarli motorway on 15 February.
The contract will be build-operate-transfer for the 76km section between the towns of Aliaga and Candarli. Constructions is expected to take three years.
The 16km section between Izmir and Menemen is already finished, according to Turkish media.
Up to 60,000 vehicles a day are projected to use the highway from Izmir to Candarli. It is officially called the Otoyol 30 and forms a beltway around Izmir, running from south to north around the Gulf of Izmir on the Aegean Sea.
Izmir, with a population of around 3 million, is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and the capital Ankara. It is the second most populous city on the Aegean Sea after Athens, Greece.
Its importance to Turkey lies in the city and region’s container docks, making the area a major import-export centre.
To help the national economy, the government is constructing the $9 billion Gebze-Izmir Motorway, the country’s largest infrastructure project to date. It includes the 3.3km Izmit Bay suspension bridge, officially the Osman Gazi Bridge. When finished, the project will connect the town of Gebze, east of Istanbul, with Izmir by way of a 377km six-lane motorway.
Work started in late 2010 on the build-operate-transfer project.
The contract will be build-operate-transfer for the 76km section between the towns of Aliaga and Candarli. Constructions is expected to take three years.
The 16km section between Izmir and Menemen is already finished, according to Turkish media.
Up to 60,000 vehicles a day are projected to use the highway from Izmir to Candarli. It is officially called the Otoyol 30 and forms a beltway around Izmir, running from south to north around the Gulf of Izmir on the Aegean Sea.
Izmir, with a population of around 3 million, is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and the capital Ankara. It is the second most populous city on the Aegean Sea after Athens, Greece.
Its importance to Turkey lies in the city and region’s container docks, making the area a major import-export centre.
To help the national economy, the government is constructing the $9 billion Gebze-Izmir Motorway, the country’s largest infrastructure project to date. It includes the 3.3km Izmit Bay suspension bridge, officially the Osman Gazi Bridge. When finished, the project will connect the town of Gebze, east of Istanbul, with Izmir by way of a 377km six-lane motorway.
Work started in late 2010 on the build-operate-transfer project.
