  Construction works at Yerevan-Ashtarak section of Iran-Armenia transport corridor to be completed by October 2012November 1, 2010 - 14:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On November 1, the RA Ministry of Transport and Communication hosted unsealing of competition packages for bids on rehabilitation of 11.71km-long Yerevan-Ashtarak section of Iran-Armenia transport corridor. 13 construction companies expressed willingness to participate in the competition. However, only three companies submitted relevant documents: Austrian STRABAG International, American Feletechnologies and Spanish MJGRUAS, which offered USD 51.141mln, 18.944mln and 22.618mln respectively, the Ministry’s press service reported. The tender committee will study and estimate the competition packages to present them to the Asian Development Bank, after which they will be submitted for the Governing Council’s approval. As the project cost exceeds USD 1bln, a governmental decision will be adopted, after which an agreement will be signed with a contractor. The construction works are planned to be launched in spring 2011 and completed on October 1, 2012, with the Asian Development Bank and RA government to finance the works.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
