A tender was held in İZKARAY

Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yıldırım said that they attach great importance to İzmir's transportation projects and that they handle the projects in two scopes. First of all, Yıldırım stated that there are projects that will solve the urban public transportation problem of İzmir and underlined that they focus on rail system projects in this context. Stating that they will construct a rail ring road circling the Izmir Bay with the Izmir Highway and Railroad Bay Crossing Project (IZKARAY), Yıldırım said, “We have now entered the İZKARAY project tender. "With the completion of the Izmir Bay Crossing Connection Road project, the vehicles coming from the north axis of Izmir will not be able to enter the urban traffic and reach the south of the Izmir Bay."
The tender process is about to be completed
Lightning, highway and rail system planned as the İzmir Gulf Crossing; He said he would be integrated with the Izmir Ring Road. Yıldırım said, ise The rail section of İzmir Körfez Geçişi is; It will also be connected to the subway and suburban rail systems. In the north of the connection; We are planning to do it in Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone and in İnciralti District in the south Atatürk. Yıldırım, who announced that the tender for the Gulf Transit Project, which is planned to be approximately 9,5 kilometers long, was held in May, announced that the tender process is about to be completed.
500 million TL saving per year
Yıldırım explained that İZKARAY will draw a circle from Mavişehir to İzmir Ring Road, following Bornova, Otogar, Buca and Balçova, and then again to İzmir Bay Crossing. Pointing out that the existing ring road is about 55 kilometers, the missing link will be completed with the completion of the gulf crossing and the connection will turn into a full circle, Yıldırım said, “In other words, İZKARAY and İzmir have two necklaces. One of them is rail pass, one is highway. We anticipate an investment of 5 billion TL for İZKARAY. When the project is completed, our fellow citizens from Izmir will save 500 million TL annually from time and fuel ”.

Source: News Express