Construction of Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait road to be intensified

Economy
unurzul@montsame.mn
2019-02-20 19:18:01

Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/ During the Cabinet meeting on February 20, National Development Agency was assigned to speed up a process to implement the ‘Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait’ 259 km high capacity road project under ‘design-build-operate-transfer’ concession.

Authorities of corresponding companies were obliged to ensure safety of the traffic movement and repair damaged parts of the existing road in this route.

The new road will have four lanes and be special purpose road that has a load bearing capacity of 115 tons; 24 tons on each axle. Construction of the road is believed to increase freight transportation by two-fold, augment coal export, bring economic benefits, develop rural areas and increase jobs.