Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said, “With the Kırıkkale-Çorum-Samsun High Speed Train Line, we will bring high-speed trains first from Kırıkkale to Çorum and then to Samsun. "With the completion of the project, the travel time between Ankara and Samsun, which takes 7 hours by road, will be 2 hours and 45 minutes." said.
Today, Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu visited the 7th Regional Directorate of Highways in Samsun, where he went to examine transportation investments on site, and received a briefing about the 'Western Ring Road and Connection Roads of the City Hospital'. In his statement to the press afterwards, Uraloğlu stated that they produced new projects and huge investments were implemented depending on Samsun's growth rate and increasing traffic density.
APPROXIMATELY 73 BILLION 391 MILLION LIRA WAS INVESTED IN SAMSUN FOR TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Uraloğlu stated that approximately 2002 billion 73 million liras have been invested in Samsun's transportation and communication infrastructure since 391.
Referring to the highway investments made in Samsun, Uraloğlu said, “We increased the length of the divided road from 120 kilometers to 313 kilometers, and the length of the bituminous hot mixture coated road from 119 kilometers to 375 kilometers. There were 3 bridges with a length of 752 thousand 55 meters, we increased this to 17 bridges with a length of 200 thousand 123 meters. We plan to build 421 more bridges with a length of 4 meters by the end of this year. Samsun had a single tunnel with a length of 553 meters, we added 2 more tunnels with a length of 325 thousand 2 meters. he said.
While the construction of Uraloğlu, City Hospital Connection Roads and Yeşilkent Junction is ongoing; He also stated that the work on 10 separate highway projects, such as Samsun-Bafra and Samsun Ring Road BSK Repair, Havza-Vezirköprü Road, Çarşamba-Ayvacık Road, Ladik-Taşova Road, continues simultaneously.
WE ROLL UP SLEEVES TO RELIEVE THE TRAFFIC LOAD ON THE INTERSECTIONS.
Stating that the Yeşilkent Interchange, which is under construction, connects Samsun Province to the Kavak State Highway and then to the Samsun Ring Road, Uraloğlu said, “This junction is located at the Ankara-Istanbul connection of the Central and Eastern Black Sea Region and Atakum, the central districts of Samsun. "There is heavy traffic here because it is at the crossing point between and İlkadım." said.
Stating that they rolled up their sleeves to relieve the traffic load on the intersection branches, Uraloğlu stated that within the scope of the project, there are 2 172-meter-long underpass bridges, 2 318-meter-long additional bridges and 1 29-meter-long overpass bridge. Uraloğlu also said,
He stated that they also carried out the repair and construction works of the 9 kilometers long intersection branches.
CONSTRUCTION OF CONNECTION ROADS OF SAMSUN CITY HOSPITAL CONTINUES FAST
Uraloğlu stated that the construction of the 1.103-bed Samsun City Hospital, which is needed in the healthcare field of the Black Sea Region, especially Samsun, and the construction of the connection roads are being carried out simultaneously.
Uraloğlu said, “We designed our road to connect to Samsun Ring Road from two points. We are building our 5,3 kilometer long road as a 2 x 3-lane divided road with bituminous hot mixture standard. Within the project; There is also 1 different-level intersection and a 204-meter-long bridge within the intersection. We aim to complete 1 kilometers of our road this year. “I wish you good luck in advance.” he said.
THE TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN ANKARA AND SAMSUN, WHICH TAKES 7 HOURS BY LAND, WILL BE 2 HOURS 45 MINUTES
Pointing out that the high-speed train network has become more widespread throughout Turkey, Uraloğlu reminded that the last Ankara-Sivas High Speed Train line was opened after the Ankara-Eskişehir, Ankara-Konya, Eskişehir-İstanbul and Konya-Karaman lines.
Uraloğlu stated that their current goal is to deliver the high-speed train network to the Black Sea and shared good news. Stating that they will bring high-speed trains first from Kırıkkale to Çorum and then to Samsun with the Kırıkkale-Çorum-Samsun High Speed Train Line, Uraloğlu said, "With the completion of the project, the travel time between Ankara and Samsun, which takes 7 hours by road, will be 2 hours 45 minutes." said.
Uraloğlu stated that they also put the 509 kilometer long Samsun-Sarp Railway project on the agenda and stated that they will start the project work within this year.
Uraloğlu also stated that they included Samsun Western Ring Road, another project that Samsun residents are eagerly awaiting, in the investment program and that they aim to tender it in 2024.