Улаанбаатар
Some 30 km roads to be constructed this year
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Road Authority reports that 33.3 km paved roads and 745 m bridges will be constructed with money from the state budget, the Development Bank of Mongolia (DBM), the city’s budget, auto-road fund and concessions.
In addition, 61.3 km paved roads and 84 km bridges will be broadened.
In 2012-2015, 83.63 km paved roads were constructed and 175.77 km roads were expanded in Ulaanbaatar city with capitals from the state and city budgets, the “New great construction” programme, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), foreign loans and assistance and concessions. Some 722 km bridges were newly built, 478.36 km bridges were repaired as well.
In the last four years, 41.43 km paved roads were constructed and 70.64 km roads were expanded, which means that the length of the new roads increased 43%, and the time of construction of roads maximized 2.5 times against 2012.
In the period, underground passages were built in four places, and footbridges--in four places. Drainage pipes were constructed as well.
