RA Ministry of Transport and Communications
Development Programs
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Road Infrastructures:
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Interstate Roads (Highways)
Lifeline roads
Road Safety
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Railway Infrastructures:
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North-South railway corridor
New railway line Fioletovo-Vanadzor
South Caucasus Railway CJSC investment program
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Main Interstate Roads
(Highways)
Improvement Programs
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1. North–South Road
Corridor Investment Program
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North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Brief Description
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The Iran border-Kapan–Yerevan–Bavra-Georgia border (North-South road
corridor) road crosses Armenia from south to north, and then connects to Georgia's
southern road corridor, reaching the ports of Poti and Batumi in the Black Sea in
the west, and Tbilisi in the east.
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North-South road corridor connects Central Asia to Europe, Iran, Turkey and
Georgia
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The project provides direct benefit to the improvement of Transport Corridor
Europe-Caucasus-Asia in the part of juncture of Western Asia and Eastern Europe
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Construction of North South Corridor will lead to significant improvement of
existing socio-economic situation and allow achieving the following outcomes:
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Increase in cross-border traffic from 4.6 up to 10 bln. ton-km by 2017
Reduce travel time through the corridor
Double average daily traffic from 3000 to 6000 vehicles by 2017
Reduce IRI value up to 2.5 in 2017
New jobs and higher incomes created, reduced number of accidents, lower road transport and
maintenance costs
Additional benefits to people through improved infrastructure and services along the road
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North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Brief Description
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The Project is scheduled from 2009 to 2017
The Investment Program will contribute to
economic development and regional trade.
The outcome will be a more efficient, safer
and sustainable transport network.
The Investment Plan is estimated at $ 1,2
billion. Asian Development Bank agrees for
loan under MFF $ 500 mln., $70 mln.
Tranche 1 and $210 mln Tranche 2 signed,
ongoing
Road sections under Tranche 1 and
Tranche 2 were combined into one Civil
Works Contract.
Tranche 1- rehabilitation and road safety
improvement of road sections YerevanAshtarak (total length 11,4 km) and
Yerevan-Ararat (total length 38 km)
Tranche 2- reconstruction of road section
Ashtarak-Talin (total length 41,9 km)
On October 10, 2011 International
Competitive Bidding took place for the
mentioned contract.
At the moment the contractor bids are being
evaluated.
Georgia
Black Sea
Future
Tranches
European Countries
Tranche 3 (planned),
Talin- Gyumri
section (46.1 km)
Tranche 1, YerevanAshtarak section
(11.4 km)
Future Tranches
Tranche 2,
AshtarakTalin section
(41.9 km)
Tranche 1, Yerevan-Ararat
section (38 km)
Iran
Caspian Sea
Eastern Countries
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North-South Road Corridor Investment Program Brief Description
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Future Tranches
MAIN OBJECTIVES
Negotiations with ADB regarding the Loan Agreement for Tranche 3 (the detailed
engineering design is ready)
The possibility of usage the removed old asphalt for rural roads rehabilitation (the
approach is cost effective and comply with environmental safeguards)
The possibility to approach in North-South Road Corridor the compliance with
international standards of intellectual roads (the installation of intellectual road
signs, on-line notification system creation, meteo control system creation etc.)
The possibility of usage Private Public Partnership (it’s proposed to use PPP in
southern part of corridor. PPP usage is planned on the sections with artificial
structures like tunnels and big bridges. Concession, construction and long-term
maintenance system are possible)
Consideration of the opportunity of co-financing or separate financing of future
Tranches with financial organizations (WB, EBRD, ADB, etc.)
Consideration of the opportunity of financing of implementation of the detailed
design of right of way for the whole corridor (which will provide opportunity to
negotiate with financial organizations more specifically)
Cooperation with financing organizations regarding the further financing of the
implementation of the Program
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2.Highways Improvement
Program
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TRANSIT HIGHWAYS
Yerevan-Sevan-IjevanNoyemberyanBagratashen/Georgian
border
Yerevan-AshtarakAparan-SpitakStepanavanGogavan/ Georgian
border.
Yerevan-AshtarakAparan-SpitakVanadzor-AlaverdiBagratashen/Georgian
border
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Gogavan /Guguti
border point
Bagratashen/Sadakhlou
border point
Yerevan-Sevan-IjevanNoyemberyan-Bagratashen
• Length: 200 km, including 62
km four-lane.
• AADT: 13739 vehicles/day
• Link to health/summer/winter
resorts(Tcakhkadzor,Hankavan
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Aghveran,Sevan
Lake,
Dilijan)
• Mostly used by passenger
transport (buses&cars)
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Gogavan /Guguti
border point
Bagratashen/Sadakhlou
border point
Yerevan-Ashtarak-AparanSpitak-StepanavanGogavan
• Length: 155 km, including
11 km four-lane
• AADT: 7239 vehicles/day
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Gogavan /Guguti
border point
Bagratashen/Sadakhlou
border point
Yerevan-AshtarakAparan-Spitak-VanadzorAlaverdi-Bagratashen
• Length: 189 km, including
11 km four-lane.
• AADT: 2453 vehicles/day
• Mostly used by freight
transport (tracks)
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PROJECT MAIN OBJECTIVES
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Rehabilitation of main transit highways
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Reducing travel time and transport costs
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Improving Road Safety
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Separation of passengers and freight transport
routes:
Passenger route: Yerevan-Sevan-IjevanNoyemberyan-Bagratashen
Freight route: Yerevan-Ashtarak-Aparan-SpitakVanadzor-Alaverdi-Bagratashen
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PROJECT FEASIBILITY
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Preliminary surveys (visual inspection and
instrumental tests):
Pavement, structures, drainage and road safety
IRI measured for each 100 m of the road
Preliminary feasibility study (May 2011)
Economic analysis (HDM-4 assumptions):
AADT average growth rate: 6%
Discount rate: 12%
Rehabilitation strategies: Surface Treatment, Asphalt-concrete
Overlay and Reconstruction
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PROJECT COST AND FUNDING
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Rehabilitation and reconstruction works costs:
AMD 150 million (USD 400 thousand) per km
(excluding structures)
20-30% additional costs for structures (bridges,
culverts, retaining walls)
Funding:
IFIs (EIB, WB, JICA)
Government of Armenia (co-financing taxes)
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PROJECT MAIN OUTCOMES
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Improved service level for 450-480 km highways
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10-12 % reduction of travel time
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12-14 % reduction of vehicle operation costs
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Reduced road maintenance and operation costs
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Improved Road Safety
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Promotion of international transit and tourism
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3. LIFELINE Network improvement
Project (LNIP)
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SUCCESSFUL BACKGROUND
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WB funded Lifeline Road Improvement Project (20092013):
Target: 430 km of rural roads improved
Creation of temporary jobs
Progress (2009-2011)
331 km of rural roads improved
Tens thousands temporary jobs
“Save villages” pilots
Planned (2012)
Another 114 km of rural roads improved and jobs created
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LNIP OBJECTIVES
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Consistent with the objectives of the WB
Country Partnership Strategy (CPS):
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Improving rural infrastructure (road network)
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Supporting the country’s competitiveness
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Supporting proportional development of the regions
(particularly rural areas)
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LIFELINE ROADS COMPONENT
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Roads improvement:
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70 km lifeline roads (incomplete due to termination of MCAArmenia roads component)
Other lifeline roads (based upon principle of proportional
development of regions and rural areas)
Earth roads (for villages in mountainous and remote areas)
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Technical Assistance:
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Preparation of designs for future road projects
Road Safety improvements
Institutional support
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COMPONENT COST AND FUNDING
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Roads improvement works costs:
AMD 110 million (USD 290 thousand) per km for AC
paved roads (including structures and road safety)
AMD 10 million (USD 26 thousand) per km for earth
roads (excluding structures and road safety)
Funding:
WB loan: USD 40 million
GoA co-financing: USD 10 million
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PREPARATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
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Preparation (roads prioritization):
general information (traffic counts, pavement, structures and
drainage condition assessment)
general proposed intervention (Surface Treatment, Asphaltconcrete Overlay and Reconstruction)
prioritization ba
sed on EIRRs and additional factors (promoting tourism, access
to agricultural processing plants and social, medical and
educational facilities, remote and mountainous communities)
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Sustainability:
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Appropriate funding will be provided further by GoA for the
implementation of maintenance
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THANK YOU!