Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu spoke at the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality's Abdulhamit Han Bridge Intersection Opening Ceremony.
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION INVESTMENT OF OVER 177 BILLION LIRAS IN GAZİANTEP
Uraloğlu noted that with the Türkiye Century vision implemented under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, investment, employment, production and export-oriented growth strategies further accelerated the development of Gaziantep. Minister Uraloğlu made the following statements in his statement:
"With exports exceeding 10 billion dollars, organized industrial zones and production power extending from agriculture to industry, Gaziantep is moving forward with the strengthening of its transportation infrastructure. We have invested over 177 billion lira in the transportation and communication infrastructure of Gaziantep in the last 24 years. We have renewed the entire railway infrastructure. We opened Gaziray. We are rapidly continuing the construction of our Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep High Speed Train Line. New domestic and international lines. "With this terminal, we have moved Gaziantep to the next level in air transportation."
Uraloğlu stated that Metropolitan Mayor Fatma Şahin and her team acted with the same perseverance, determination and vision and implemented many important projects that strengthened the city's transportation infrastructure, solved traffic problems and increased the quality of life. Minister Uraloğlu said, "This municipal approach that listens to the needs of our citizens and follows the requirements of the age is Gaziantep's great chance. Our Metropolitan Municipality is making great efforts to create a modern, comfortable and sustainable city, as if rebuilding Gaziantep." he said.
TRAFFIC WILL RELAX
Stating that the Abdülhamit Han Bridge Intersection is one of the most important works of this effort, Uraloğlu continued his words as follows:
"It is a very valuable project that reduces the density at Akkent Junction, where vehicles coming from the Organized Industrial Zone, KÜSGET and the Ring Road have been gathered at one point for many years. It has facilitated transportation to Abdülhamit Han, Karataş, Şahintepe, Güneykent and Bülbülzade neighborhoods by distributing the traffic to different routes. It has also provided a new access corridor to Gaziantep by offering a new entrance to the vehicles coming from the direction of Kilis and the airport. All together again last year. "With the completion of the Dülük Tunnel, for which we laid the foundation, this corridor will be connected to the highway network; thus, a brand new line will be created, extending from Kilis and the airport to the ring road, and from there to the highway via the Dülük Tunnel. This project, which touches the daily life of a significant segment of the population of Şahinbey, is a concrete example of the municipality approach."
Minister Uraloğlu also noted that they installed the CAT II system at Gaziantep Airport. Noting that the work on the Mersin-Adana-Osmaniye-Gaziantep High Speed Railway continues, Uraloğlu said, "We will not leave it in Gaziantep, my dear brothers. We will connect the entire route to Nizip, Şanlıurfa, and from there to Ovaköy close to the Habur Border Gate. In fact, we connect Gaziantep to London from Kapıkule on the one hand, and to the Fav port via Iraq on the other hand." "We will connect it to the Persian Gulf." he said.
