In his speech on the groundbreaking ceremony of the Nicosia Northern Ring Street, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, said that when your entire street is put into service, the journey time will probably be diminished from 21 minutes to 9 minutes.
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, in his speech on the groundbreaking ceremony for the Nicosia Northern Ring Street, said that when your entire street is put into service, the journey time of 21 minutes will probably be diminished to 9 minutes. Declaring that by taking transit visitors out of town with the Northern Ring Street, Nicosia’s transportation to town and surrounding settlements will probably be eased, Uraloğlu stated, “Thus, with this street, we are going to save 1.3 billion liras in time and 70 million liras in gasoline, totaling 1 billion 371 million liras yearly.” Uraloğlu said that the Nicosia Northern Ring Street begins from the Alayköy junction, connects to the Haspolat circle within the east of town, after which to the Kyrenia Mountain Street, and said that an 11-km part of the street was opened to visitors on July 20, 2021, and now the muse of the second, 4.6-kilometer part of the mission has been laid. Uraloğlu, who said that they’ve additionally initiated the Jap Mediterranean Ship Site visitors Companies System Challenge to be established within the TRNC with the intention to improve effectivity within the Jap Mediterranean, famous that they plan to finish the mission in 2026 and that the mission will considerably improve the dominance of each Turkey and the TRNC within the Blue Homeland. The groundbreaking ceremony for the cloverleaf junction to be constructed on the intersection of the Nicosia Northern Ring Street and the Nicosia Kyrenia primary street was held with the participation of the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Turkey Abdulkadir Uraloğlu. In his speech, Uraloğlu congratulated the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Operation and wished God's mercy to the martyrs and a wholesome life to the veterans. Uraloğlu, who said that Turkey attaches nice significance to the event and strengthening of the TRNC in all respects in parallel with the purpose of offering a complete answer on the island of Cyprus below the management of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, stated, “The event drive and the financial progress associated to it which have taken place within the TRNC lately with the contributions of Turkey make us all proud.” Uraloğlu said that the island of Cyprus is on the coronary heart of the Jap Mediterranean with its geographical location, strategic and geopolitical significance. Uraloğlu identified that on account of the developments and initiatives skilled, a necessity for a high-standard freeway community that may meet the growing visitors load on the nation’s current street routes has arisen, and famous that investments have been made inside the scope of the TRNC Freeway Grasp Plan ready by taking these wants into consideration, and that the Nicosia Northern Ring Street mission is one among these investments. Uraloğlu said that the Nicosia Northern Ring Street begins from the Alayköy junction and connects to the Haspolat ring within the east of town after which to the Kyrenia Mountain Street, and that the 11-km part of the street was opened to visitors on July 20, 2021, and now the muse of the second 4.6-kilometer part of the mission has been laid. Offering detailed details about the street, Minister Uraloğlu said that the street, which may have a platform width of 23 meters, will embody 2 trendy roundabouts, and that they may even construct the 48-meter-wide Kyrenia overpass that may join the street to the Kyrenia-Nicosia Street. Declaring that by taking transit visitors out of town with the Northern Ring Street, transportation between Nicosia and the encircling settlements will probably be relieved, Uraloğlu stated, “We’re growing town’s transportation requirements with quick and uninterrupted visitors movement by eliminating the stop-and-go waits on the Nicosia-Gazimağusa Street, whose annual common each day visitors quantity exceeds 40 thousand. As well as, with the Kyrenia overpass to be constructed as a cloverleaf junction, we may even present the uninterrupted connection of two vital highways of the TRNC.” he stated. Stating that they’ll cut back the journey time which takes 21 minutes to 9 minutes when your entire Nicosia Northern Ring Street is put into service, Uraloğlu stated, “Thus, with this street, we are going to save 1.3 billion liras in time and 70 million liras in gasoline, a complete of 1 billion 371 million liras yearly.” Stating that they may even contribute to the safety of nature by decreasing the carbon emission of automobiles that hurt the setting by 5 thousand tons, Uraloğlu said that they’ll put the remaining 4.4 km third part of the Nicosia Northern Ring Street out to tender sooner or later and that its building will start. Stating that they may even look at the work on the Presidential Campus connection roads, Uraloğlu famous that this 5.2-kilometer street will probably be utilized in transportation to the Presidency, the Republican Meeting and the Nation’s Backyard in accordance with divided street requirements. Offering details about the investments made in Northern Cyprus by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure up to now, Uraloğlu stated: “We’ve got accomplished the development of a complete of 633 km of sizzling combine bituminous coated primary roads, together with 198 km of divided roads and 435 km of single roads. The financing quantity supplied by our nation for the development and mission work of those roads is roughly 14 billion TL at present costs. As of 2024, our building and building works for six street building initiatives with a complete mission price of 4.5 billion TL and a complete size of 378 km proceed.” Stating that the brand new Ercan Airport, which was opened final 12 months, is among the most vital investments they’ve carried out to rework the TRNC into a middle of attraction, Uraloğlu stated, “We had elevated the brand new terminal constructing by 6 instances to a capability of 10 million passengers. We additionally designed it in a means that it may be elevated to a capability of 12 million passengers sooner or later if essential.” Reminding that additionally they opened the Anamur Ferry and Seaplane Pier, the fifth gate with the shortest sea distance that allows passenger and car transportation from Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Uraloğlu continued as follows: “Our Anamur-Kyrenia route has change into the shortest sea route between our nation and the TRNC with a length of lower than 2 hours. Passenger providers have began from our pier to the Port of Kyrenia. Roughly 11 thousand passengers have been carried in 46 providers organized since June 12.” “WE HAVE ALSO STARTED THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES SYSTEM PROJECT” Uraloğlu shared the next particulars concerning the ongoing initiatives in his speech: “We’ve got additionally began the Jap Mediterranean Vessel Site visitors Companies System Challenge, which will probably be established within the TRNC with the intention to improve our effectiveness within the Jap Mediterranean. We plan to finish our mission in 2026. Following the completion of the mission, we are going to considerably improve the dominance of each our nation and the TRNC within the Blue Homeland. We’re additionally working to extend the effectivity and high quality of the providers of public establishments in Northern Cyprus and to facilitate the transition strategy of the digital transformation ecosystem. We’ve got carried out the same e-Authorities software in our nation right here with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus e-Authorities Gateway. Once more on this path; We’ve got opened the TRNC Knowledge Middle to satisfy the knowledge expertise service supply infrastructure wants of the general public establishments of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This knowledge heart has gone down in historical past as a vital step within the digitalization strategy of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.” Stating that they’ll proceed to do their half to make sure the peace, prosperity, improvement and safety of the TRNC below the management of the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Uraloğlu stated, “Similar to our Mehmetçik (Turkish troopers) who fought shoulder to shoulder for the independence of the Turkish Cypriots, we are going to proceed to wrestle shoulder to shoulder for the event of the lands of Northern Cyprus.” “We are going to proceed our decided stance, help and work in order that our Turkish Cypriot brothers can look to the longer term with confidence.” Uraloğlu thanked those that contributed to the Nicosia Northern Ring Street Challenge reaching its present stage.