(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Turkey looks to more than double the size of its highway
network, weigh in on railway transportation and shipment, and
pledged to invest billions of dollars in infrastructure by 2053,
according to a road map shared on Tuesday, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah .
Outlining the path Turkey would follow over the next three
decades, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoglu
said the government seeks to increase the size of the highway
network to 8,325 kilometers (5,170 miles) and the dual carriageway
to 38,060 kilometers.
Turkey has carried out multibillion-dollar projects over the
last two decades and its nationwide highway and divided roads
expanded to 3,633 kilometers and 28,647 kilometers,
respectively.
Its railway network has been expanded to more than 13,000
kilometers and is aimed to be gradually increased to 28,590
kilometers by 2053, Karaismailoglu told the“Transportation and
Logistics Master Plan – Transportation 2053 Vision Launching”
meeting in Istanbul.
He said they aim to complete around 8,554 kilometers of railway
lines by 2053, including some 6,196 kilometers of a fast train
network, 1,474 kilometers of conventional lines, 622 kilometers of
high-speed lines, of which 546 kilometers will be completed next
year, and 262 kilometers of very high-speed train lines.
More than $172 billion in investments have been made in all
means of transportation and communication infrastructure between
2003 through 2021, Karaismailoglu said.
“Hereafter, we will invest another $198 billion by 2053,
starting this year,” the minister said.
According to calculations made as part of the plan, investments
will enable the country to save around $176 billion, including $59
billion in time, $26 billion in fuel, $10 billion in accident
costs, $31 billion in emission reduction costs and $56 billion in
other costs from external factors.
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