Flash Konya ring road statement from Minister Elvan

Flash statement of Konya ring road from Minister Elvan: Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Elvan announced that the Konya ring road will be in the 2015 Investment Program.
The budgets of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, the Ministry of Development, the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications and affiliated organizations were approved at the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
Minister of Development, Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, Lütfi Elvan, Minister of Family and Social Policies Ayşenur and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu answered the questions of the deputies.
Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Elvan, Giresun Eğribel Tunnel construction tender has been concluded and the contract was signed, indicating that the place will be started immediately work delivery.
Asked about the Ankara-Aksaray-Adana-Gaziantep railway line, Elvan answered:
“We currently have a high-speed train line from Ankara to Yerköy. The high-speed train project of the section from Yerköy to Kırşehir, Aksaray, Ulukışla… Not only high speed but high speed train. It will be able to speed up to 200 kilometers. The reason we prefer it as a high speed train is to be able to use it for freight transportation. Therefore, freight transportation is of great importance for the further development of the industry of our provinces such as Kırşehir and Aksaray and our provinces in Central Anatolia. It is an investment currently in our portfolio. We will make this investment in the process. There is a line extending from Konya to Adana, Mersin. Again, we are bidding on the Adana-Gaziantep line in 2015. We will be bidding for a significant portion of the section up to Habur in 2015. "
Upon the question of MHP Konya Deputy Mustafa Kalaycı, Elvan said that the Konya ring road will be in the 2015 Investment Program.
Noting that within the framework of the build-operate-transfer model, the amount of projects carried out only in the Marmara Region is 10 billion dollars, Elvan said that İstanbul-İzmir was 6,3 billion dollars, the Northern Marmara Motorway Project was 2,5 billion dollars, and the Eurasia Tunnel 1,2 Noted that it is XNUMX billion dollars.
Stating that every penny of the state is important, Elvan said, "We will do whatever is necessary if there is any action that violates the law or the law in the slightest way."