Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has started to work to include Kemalpasa in the rail transportation network. The first stage of the project tender for the Otogar-Kemalpaşa metro line was made today. 7 companies, two of which are Italian, participated in the project tender.
Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerIn line with the goal of bringing public transportation to contemporary standards, a new one is added to the rail system investments. İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, which completed the construction of the Narlıdere Metro at a rate of 179 percent, started the construction of the Çiğli Tram, and is preparing to dig for the Buca Metro this year, in order to develop the 77-kilometer rail system network, which has become one of the important elements of environmental, economical and comfortable public transportation in İzmir, has completed the rail system line. He also took action to extend it to Kemalpaşa.
7 companies applied for prequalification
The first stage of the project tender for the 27,5 kilometer Otogar-Kemalpaşa Metro line was made today. Kaiser Engineering and Consulting Inc., Tekfen Engineering Inc., Yüksel Proje International Inc., Team Group (Italian), Su-Yapı Engineering and Consulting Inc.- Metro Istanbul Industry and Trade Joint Venture, SWS Engineering SPA ( Italian)- Tümaş Business Partnership and Prota Mühendislik Proje Danışmanlık Hizmetleri A.Ş. participated and submitted their prequalification files. In the second stage of the project tender, the companies that provide prequalification will be listed and will present the methods by which they will carry out the project. In the 3rd stage tender, financial offers will be opened. The project work, which will start after the completion of the tender process, will be completed in two years.
Our rail network is growing
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor stated that as İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, they give priority to public transportation investments instead of approaches that encourage private cars in urban transportation, and that they aim for comfortable transportation of people, not vehicles, and that they focus on rail system investments. Tunç Soyer“Izmir Metropolitan Municipality gave a very good test in the past 1,5 years on the rail system. Despite the pandemic, the Narlıdere Metro Line construction continued on its calendar. We started the construction of Çiğli Tramway. Our project studies for the Karabağlar-Gaziemir Metro Line are continuing. On September 1, we are making the final stage tender for the Buca Metro, which will be the biggest investment in the history of Izmir with a budget of 70 billion 6 million Euros. We are planning to start the construction of Buca Metro this year. Our main goal is to develop public transportation systems by minimizing the use of automobiles in urban transportation. We said, 'We will weave İzmir with iron nets'. Now we will start the project work for the Otogar-Kemalpaşa Metro Line. We are honored to fulfill this promise we made to the people of Izmir one by one. This project will carry Kemalpaşa forward, I am happy to be the start of this project”.
Where will it go?
The metro line, which will be a breather for Kemalpaşa traffic, and which will connect the industrial zones between Kemalpaşa and Bornova, will consist of 19 stations. It will pass through the Bus Station, Işıkkent, Bornova Industry, Pınarbaşı, Ambarlar, Kavaklıdere, Ulucak, Kemalpaşa State Hospital, Kemalpaşa Center, Kemalpaşa Municipality, Kemalpaşa University and Kemalpaşa Organized Industrial Zone. The line will be integrated into the Izmir Bus Station and the Izmir-Ankara High Speed Train line, which is planned to be built by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, and the Bus Station-Halkapınar Light Rail System line.
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