New Highway 70 Kilometers Away From Afyon, Will Lose Its Characteristic As An Urban Crossroad

The New Highway 70 Kilometers Away From Afyon, The City Will Lose Its Junction Feature: The Ankara-Izmir Highway Project, which causes controversy whether it will pass through Afyonkarahisar or not, passes about 70 kilometers from the city.
The Ankara-İzmir Motorway Project, which causes controversy as to whether it will pass through Afyonkarahisar, passes through 70 kilometers from the city. The motorway, which will be completed in 2023, will pass 18 kilometers from the Ihsaniye district of Afyonkarahisar.
The environmental impact assessment report of the Ankara-İzmir Motorway, which has caused public debates and has been held in meetings in recent years, has been delivered to the ministry and related parties with a report that will contribute to the city. According to the report, the highway will pass through İhsaniye district, an area of ​​18 kilometers. The highway construction, which is among the 2023 projects of the General Directorate of Highways, is expected to start this year.
Upon hearing that the Ankara-Izmir highway would pass about 70 kilometers away from Afyonkarahisar, Binali Yıldırım, the Minister of Transport of the period, who visited Afyonkarahisar in September 2009, stated that şehr Afyonkarahisar cannot be neglected in any way ”.
ATSO HIGHWAY MEETING
On the other hand Opium Trade and Industry (ACCI) 40 to join in the near democratic mass organizations that by addressing the issue at a meeting of Turkey's four corners of passengers and freight, the city engaged in transportation have stated would undermine the economy by taking the hand of this feature. In the report prepared after the evaluation, the following statements were included: zarar The damage of enterprises in the service and food sector will have a negative impact on the economy of the province. The new highway will be wasted resource. While the country suffers from a lack of funding, the new highway is not profitable considering the efficiency of the existing routes. Limited resources should be spent on high-speed trains and the airport. ”
“THAT WE SAID”
MHP Municipality Council Member Halil İbrahim Baykara reminded that the highway will be 535 kilometers long 75 meters wide, in this case 40 million 125 thousand square meters of fields will be wasted for productive land highway. 3 years ago when the issue came up on this issue at least 70 kilometers away from the motorway Afyonkarahisar said they will pass away Baykara, this situation will have a negative impact on the economy of the province, people have to go to the 60-70 kilometer distance.