Architects and Engineers: Against Sapanca Cable Car Project

Representatives of the chambers of engineers and architects in Sakarya held a meeting with the representative of the company that undertook the ropeway project in Sapanca. Bursa Teleferik AŞ, which won the tender, was met with the reaction of the people of the region and non-governmental organizations before starting work.

Salim Aydın, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Chamber of Civil Engineers Salim Aydın, Chamber of Civil Engineers Hüsnü Gürpınar, Chamber of Civil Engineers, Hüsnü Gürpınar, Chamber of Civil Engineers, Sami Kafadar, Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Serhan, on behalf of Chamber of Geophysical Engineers. the Mandacı; He had a meeting with Burhan Özgümüş of Bursa Teleferik AŞ.

After the firm's request, Burhan Özgümüş, the company official, first spoke at the meeting held at the provincial representative of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers.

Explaining the details from the procurement process until today, Özgümüş said that 80% of the payments made to Sapanca Municipality were made.

Özgümüş stated that they signed the delivery report without seeing the place, but they could not start the work; the reason for this is that the new Mayor is expected to take the seat of the municipality, he said.

The representative of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers in the province of Salim, Kartepe and Sapanca Kırkpınar auctions asked the number of companies participating in the process.
Company officials, this question; in the meantime, 2 is a period of months and the tender file, the number of firms 4, the number of companies that entered the tender 1, that they themselves responded by saying.

Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Provincial representative of the meeting, the following information about the continuation of the meeting was given:

“It was technically stated to them that the site selection for this project was wrong. It has been declared that if requested, they will be given full support in new project studies with the determination of alternative places that will benefit the people of the region and the city without harming the ecological balance. Turkish Union of Chambers of Architects and Engineers, as Sakarya components, are against the current state of the project, and that the people of Kırkpınar will do whatever it takes to prevent this project from being realized, and they will not compromise on this issue; At this point, their determination was reported to the contractor company and they were thanked for the meeting.” – Sakarya Yenihaber