Minister Uraloğlu gave the date: Mersin's new highway is opening to traffic! 2 hour journey will be reduced to 18 minutes

THE OFFICIAL OPENING WILL BE HELD WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN

Minister Uraloğlu stated that the official opening ceremony will be held after the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Highway is opened to traffic and said, "We will hold the official opening of our project at a later date with the participation of our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan." he said.

Stating that the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Section is 52 kilometers long, including 41 kilometers of highway and 11 kilometers of connection road, Uraloğlu said, "Within the scope of our project, we built 10 interchanges, 7 tunnels and 5 viaducts. We also strengthened our transportation infrastructure with 2 highway service facilities, 6 toll collection areas, a maintenance operation center and a tunnel operation center." He made a statement.

"THE 2.5 HOUR JOURNEY WILL BE REDUCED TO 18 MINUTES"

Emphasizing that the Çeşmeli-Kızkalesi Section will significantly reduce the traffic load, especially in the summer months, Uraloğlu said, "We will transfer a significant part of the transit traffic on the existing state road to the highway. Thus, we will reduce the travel time from up to 2.5 hours to 18 minutes in the summer months." he said.

Drawing attention to the economic and environmental gains of the project, Uraloğlu said, "We will save a total of 3 billion 20 million liras, including 2.68 billion liras from time and 340 million liras from fuel. We will also reduce carbon emissions by 17 thousand tons per year." He made a statement.

MERSİN'S TOURISM CENTERS WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE HIGHWAY NETWORK

Uraloğlu stated that the highway will ease transportation in the coastal areas of Mersin, one of the important tourism centers of the Mediterranean Region, and said, "We will provide uninterrupted and high-standard transportation by connecting Mersin's tourism regions to the existing highway network. We will allow transit traffic on the D400 Antalya-Mersin and D715 Konya-Mersin state roads to reach the highway network without entering the city centers." he said.

Uraloğlu stated that the highway will also facilitate access to Çukurova International Airport and that the project will contribute to the development of tourism, industry and agricultural production in the region.