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Armenia-Karabakh highway construction launches

Armenia and Karabakh launched the construction of the new highway, connecting each other and having strategic and social-economic importance. The funds for the construction were collected during the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Telethon and the construction of the Vardenis-Martakert highway has launched in the beginning of 2014.

Armenia-Karabakh highway construction launches

Armenia-Karabakh highway construction launches

Armenia and Karabakh launched the construction of the new highway, connecting each other and having strategic and social-economic importance. The funds for the construction were collected during the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Telethon and the construction of the Vardenis-Martakert highway has launched in the beginning of 2014. The Construction Department of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund informed Artsakhpress” that six building companies are involved in the construction of the highway. “The weather is favorable and it is already 10-15 days that the building companies have carried out ground works”, - said the Construction Department, stating that the building works are especially carried out in the Karabakh part of the Vardenis-Martakert highway. During the 16th annual telethon “To Artsakh” the Armenians from all over the world have donated more than $22 million 661 thousand 372. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund’s Telethon, held on November 29, 2013, was dedicated to raising financial support for the construction Of the Vardenis-Martakert Highway, which was expected to be a boon to the further socio-economic development of Artsakh and Armenia alike. The highway was reported to be of 116 kilometers length. The Vardenis-Martakert Highway likewise will be of key economic and humanitarian importance. By functioning as a direct road link, the highway will become a second lifeline between northern Armenia and northern Artsakh, significantly cutting down travel times, boosting the economies of scores of Artsakh communities along its path, stimulating inter-community ties, and vastly improving geographic access for implementing local development initiatives. Currently the only land-travel link between Artsakh and Armenia is the Berdzor community, through which passes the Goris-Stepanakert Highway. The highway’s construction will include, in addition to paving and the painting of pavement markings, the installation of water-removal and snowdrift-control systems as well as protective barriers and road signs. Design tweaks and special safety measures will be applied in highway sections prone to landslides. These measures will comprise the construction of support walls and rockfall-attenuation structures, and the removal of rocks. In addition, the project entails the renovation or refitting of 16 bridges along the route. The Vardenis-Martakert Highway will bring economic benefits to communities located within up to 20 kilometers on either side of the route. Villages that lie within two to three kilometers of the future highway include Drmbon, Kochoghut, Verin Horatagh, Vaghuhas, Haterk, Getavan, Chapar, Khnkavan, Charektar, Nor Erkej, Dadivank, Nor Getashen, Knaravan, and Yeghegnut. Outlying villages, located five or more kilometers from the highway, include Karvachar, Nor Gharachinar, Harutagomer, Zardakhach, Hamshak, Chapni, Chinavan, Nor Kharkhapur, Shigkar, Nor Brajur, Yeghtsin, Zovk, Nor Vernashen, Msheni, and Nor Manashid”, - says the press release of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was founded by Presidential Decree in 1992. It is a unique institution whose mission is to unite Armenians in Armenia and overseas to overcome the country’s difficulties and to help establish sustainable development in Armenia and Artsakh. In addition to those problems associated with the break-up of the Soviet Union, the government had to find solutions to the aftermath of the 1988 Spitak earthquake, an economic blockade and the rehabilitation of areas that had suffered from the Artsakh conflict. Under the Fund’s charter, the Armenian president is the President of its Board of Trustees. The Board comprises the Catholicos of All-Armenians, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, the Catholicos Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church, the President of Nagorno Karabakh, the prime ministers of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, the chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia and the Central Bank, the Speaker of the National Assembly, the heads of the three main Armenian political parties and of major benevolent institutions such as the AGBU, ARF, the Armenian Congress of America and other outstanding benefactors and public figures from Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund implements its projects through a global network of 25 affiliates, which operate in the United States (Los Angeles and New York), Canada (Toronto and Montreal), France, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, Brazil, Lebanon, Argentina (Buenos Aires and Cordoba), Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Uruguay, Romania, Russia, Iran, Italy and Kuwait. The mentioned last 10 affiliates have been opened in 2009-2012 years. - See more at: http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/281/armenia-karabakh-highway-construction-launches.html#sthash.FaobkNgd.dpuf


     

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