Konak Tunnels open on May 24

Konak Tunnels will open on 24 May: AK Party Izmir Deputy Binali Yıldırım stated that Konak Tunnels will be put into service on May 21 and will open on May 24 with the participation of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Yıldırım, who made an examination in the Konak Tunnel, passed the tunnel from one end to the other with the midibus he used and gave information to the journalists about the tunnel.
Binali Yildirim, the project has a thousand 674 meter length of two tunnels, 100 meters in the tunnel at the highest place from the outside said that the depth.
Yeşildere output before the end of the Yildirim, said:
“The total cost of the tunnel and connection roads reached 310 million TL. We had promised before the 2011 elections, it was started and finally finished within that year. Since it is completely inhabited, a careful and meticulous work was carried out. Measures were taken at small intervals. Therefore, the project was a difficult project, so careful work was done to avoid any negativity. Archeological excavations took a lot of time, especially at the entrance of Konak. 926 historical graves were removed and handed over to the Jewish community. As of May 21st, the tunnel is ready to serve, and I hope our Prime Minister will come to Izmir on May 24th, we will meet with our fellow citizens from Izmir at the Izmir rally, and we aim to open it on this occasion. We will make an offer to him on this subject. "
Yıldırım said that the General Directorate of Highways was in talks with the municipality for the overpass involved in the project and that it would be built after understanding the details.
On the question of whether there will be an entrance to Kemeraltı, Yıldırım said, "Since it is the project that forms the main axis, the issue of inter-city connections is outside the duty of highways.
Yıldırım said that the lawsuits against the project were decided in favor of the highways and there was no need for further expropriation.
- "Our view of Izmir is through the eyes of service, not with a party badge"
Upon the question about whether Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu and Konak Mayor Sema Pekdaş will be invited to the opening, Yıldırım said, “There has not been a program yet, of course. It is the business of İzmir, there is no discrimination in service. The other day, our President visited Kocaoğlu in his office. He wanted Kocaoğlu to give a speech at the collective opening. Our view of Izmir is through the eyes of service, not with a party badge. Konak, Alsancak, the heart of Izmir, is a good project that will relieve this region and transfer the traffic from the surrounding directly to Yeşildere ”.