Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan to be connected by four-lane road
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ June 21 saw a ground-breaking ceremony for the reconstruction of road connecting Ulaanbaatar with Darkhan, the second largest city of Mongolia.
The Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan main road, first built in 1970-1980 and repaired in 1997-2000, is heavily damaged.
As such, the 204.6 km road construction project will wrap up in 2018, after constructing a four-lane, standard road along the route.
The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Minister of Road and Transport Development D.Ganbat, Members of Parliament D.Khayankhyarvaa, B.Battumur and E.Javkhlan, administrative officials of Darkhan-Uul aimag and representatives of the Chinese partner on the project.
The Minister noted in his speech that the government seeks to connect all 21 provinces with the capital city by a paved road.
About 3800 vehicles use the Ulaanbaatar-Darkhan road per day, the capacity of which only allows 600 vehicles.
Kh.Aminaa
