Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that they invested 54 billion liras for transportation and communication infrastructure in Bolu and that they continued 7,6 highway projects worth 14 billion liras, and said that they increased the length of Bolu's divided road from 173 kilometers to 303 kilometers. He said that Bolu Mountain Tunnel, the most important project of Bolu, now reaches 40-50 thousand vehicle traffic per day.
Underlining that the Bolu Mountain Tunnel is still of great importance, Uraloğlu said, “It currently carries 40-50 thousand traffic per day. We have now come to a period where we are really talking about alternative transportation between Ankara and Istanbul. We also previously carried out studies on the landslide that occurred at the exit of Bolu Mountain. "We extended the tunnel portal by 90 meters as steel construction," he said.
Stating that the current state road in Bolu reaches an average daily traffic of 35 thousand vehicles, Minister Uraloğlu stated that they talked about a 14-kilometer section between the industrial and university intersections and said, “There are 14 intersections in this 12-kilometer section, 8 of which are signalized intersections. The 14-kilometer section of these makes it really difficult to pass. We have currently identified 4 intersections that need urgent correction. We look holistically. We started project work on the 14-kilometer section. We will start construction from the most urgent section. The most urgent appears to be Gölyüzü Junction at the moment. "By completing this project quickly within a program, we will relieve Bolu city traffic and the E5 highway," he said.
