North-South Highway/Iran-Armenia Railway

[bell-the-cat]

Re: North-South Highway/Iran-Armenia Railway

But the bottom line is, as a licensed civil engineer, I can tell you that a mile of highway built by ArmeniaFund costs less than 10% of what a mile of highway costs to build in America.

Except that a highway in America is about 4 times as wide as Armenia. But it was still cheaper than expected - the criminals in Armenia only billed for a highway that was a third wider as what they actually constructed.

[Artashes]

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Yes I'm not gonna pretend the process is perfect. Some people claim there were fraud and misconduct when the fund began. Nobody has given actual evidence, but it wouldn't surprise considering the 90's were the wild wild west in the former Soviet States. But the bottom line is, as a licensed civil engineer, I can tell you that a mile of highway built by ArmeniaFund costs less than 10% of what a mile of highway costs to build in America. Moreover, if not for ArmeniaFund, there wouldn't be a highway (soon to be two) uniting Artsakh to Armenia. There wouldn't be a highway unifying the districts of Artsakh together. So the naysayers can continue to continue their unsubstantiated rumors all they want, I don't know if they do it to destroy Armenia, or from some seriously misguided sense of activism, but the process is gonna move forward, its gonna get better, more efficient, and more influential, and we will see a modernized first world and stable Armenia in our time.

Whenever you have blood in the wide ocean the sharks will gather & circle.
Whenever you have money's collected in the wide world the sharks will gather & circle.
This is a problem of the world in general and includes every nation .
It is not exclusive to Armenia.
By you pointing out in your first sentence the negative was to bring honesty and balanced fullness to the above report.
By NOT concentrating exclusively on the negative but also pointing out the MANY positive outcomes does show a clear moving forward despite the gathering of the sharks & the gathering of the negative posters on this forum.
This is a real help to us on this forum that are trying to learn & understand what the actual situation of our country is .
Thanks for both the insight, honesty & balance.

[Mher]

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Sounds like the diaspora knows how to hit home runs.
Screw the negative naysayers.
Thanks for the positive news & analysis of real deeds done. Very uplifting.
Artashes

Yes I'm not gonna pretend the process is perfect. Some people claim there were fraud and misconduct when the fund began. Nobody has given actual evidence, but it wouldn't surprise considering the 90's were the wild wild west in the former Soviet States. But the bottom line is, as a licensed civil engineer, I can tell you that a mile of highway built by ArmeniaFund costs less than 10% of what a mile of highway costs to build in America. Moreover, if not for ArmeniaFund, there wouldn't be a highway (soon to be two) uniting Artsakh to Armenia. There wouldn't be a highway unifying the districts of Artsakh together. So the naysayers can continue to continue their unsubstantiated rumors all they want, I don't know if they do it to destroy Armenia, or from some seriously misguided sense of activism, but the process is gonna move forward, its gonna get better, more efficient, and more influential, and we will see a modernized first world and stable Armenia in our time.

[Artashes]

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Construction of Vardenis-Martakert Highway to Start Jan. 2014

YEREVAN (Arka)—The construction of the 72 mile-long Vardenis-Martakert road that will link Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh will commence in 2014 January, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund said Friday.

The highway is expected to be a boon to the further socio-economic development of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia alike. By functioning as a direct road link, it will become a second lifeline between northern Armenia and northern Karabakh, significantly cutting down travel times, boosting the economies of Karabakh communities along its path, stimulating inter-community ties, and vastly improving geographic access for implementing local development initiatives.

Currently the only land-travel link between Karabakh and Armenia is the Goris-Stepanakert highway.

The construction of the second road will be funded by donations raised by the annual Thanksgiving Day Armenia Fund Telethon that secured more than $22.6 million for the project.

The Fund said today it had signed contracts with companies which won a tender to build the road.

Over the 20 years of its existence, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has funded construction of roads (over 295 miles), water mains (321 miles), gas pipelines (89 miles) and 43 miles of power lines. Apart from this, it constructed or reconstructed 334 schools, 424 dwelling buildings, 70 public health institutions, and 53 sports and cultural centers.

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was established in 1992 to implement projects of national importance and help develop infrastructures in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In general, projects worth a total of over $235.8 million were implemented in Armenia and Karabakh over 20 years of the Fund’s existence.

http://asbarez.com/117684/constructi...tart-jan-2014/

Sounds like the diaspora knows how to hit home runs.
Screw the negative naysayers.
Thanks for the positive news & analysis of real deeds done. Very uplifting.
Artashes

[Mher]

Re: North-South Highway/Iran-Armenia Railway

Construction of Vardenis-Martakert Highway to Start Jan. 2014

YEREVAN (Arka)—The construction of the 72 mile-long Vardenis-Martakert road that will link Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh will commence in 2014 January, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund said Friday.

The highway is expected to be a boon to the further socio-economic development of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia alike. By functioning as a direct road link, it will become a second lifeline between northern Armenia and northern Karabakh, significantly cutting down travel times, boosting the economies of Karabakh communities along its path, stimulating inter-community ties, and vastly improving geographic access for implementing local development initiatives.

Currently the only land-travel link between Karabakh and Armenia is the Goris-Stepanakert highway.

The construction of the second road will be funded by donations raised by the annual Thanksgiving Day Armenia Fund Telethon that secured more than $22.6 million for the project.

The Fund said today it had signed contracts with companies which won a tender to build the road.

Over the 20 years of its existence, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has funded construction of roads (over 295 miles), water mains (321 miles), gas pipelines (89 miles) and 43 miles of power lines. Apart from this, it constructed or reconstructed 334 schools, 424 dwelling buildings, 70 public health institutions, and 53 sports and cultural centers.

Hayastan All-Armenian Fund was established in 1992 to implement projects of national importance and help develop infrastructures in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In general, projects worth a total of over $235.8 million were implemented in Armenia and Karabakh over 20 years of the Fund’s existence.

http://asbarez.com/117684/construction-of-vardenis-martakert-highway-to-start-jan-2014/

[Mher]

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Construction of Iran-Armenia railway possible from 2015: SCR

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/744361/construction-of-iran-armenia-railway-possible-from-2015-scr.html

[Mher]

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Establishing railway communication through Abkhazia to be discussed in Tbilisi

Tbilisi, Georgia, Nov. 19

By Nana Kirtzkhalia - Trend:

A conference on establishing of a railway communication through Abkhazia will be held in Tbilisi on Wednesday, November 20, at the initiative of 'Eurasian choice of Georgia' non governmental organization. The conference will discuss the positive and negative aspects of this step.

The discussions will be attended by the Russian experts, journalists and members of the public. There will also be connections via Skype with Moscow, Yerevan and Abkhazia.

The former Georgian Defense Minister, Valeri Khaburdzania, Armenian expert, Areg Galstyan, the Abkhaz politician, Beslan Kobakhia, editor-in-chief of 'Odnako. Eurasia' magazine Semen Uralov, xxxish political analyst, Avigdor Eskin will take part in the conference via the Skype.

http://en.trend.az/regions/scaucasus/georgia/2213066.html

[Mher]

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Armenia plans to benefit from Customs Union

Tuesday, December 10
Armenian analysts think that the country’s affiliation with the Customs and Eurasian Unions will be a serious push forward for the country’s economy. This will facilitate the increase of trade turnover, movement of people, and servicing of those operations.

The Armenian economy is already deeply integrated into the Russian economy, and has only continued to increase year by year. Around 45% of foreign direct investment to Armenia comes from Russia. Labor migrants from Armenia to Russia transfer around $1.5 billion from Russia to Armenia every year.

There are around 2.5 million Armenians in the Russian Federation. So, by entering the Customs and Eurasian Unions, the Armenian authorities think that it will become much easier for Armenians to travel throughout Russia and other countries of the Eurasian Union for labor or other reasons.

In this regard, Armenian analysts place great importance on the issue of restoring the Abkhazian segment of the railways connecting Russia with Georgia. According to their opinion, it would become one of the most active trade land connections between Russia and Armenia.

Some analysts also suggest that the Customs and Eurasian Union could facilitate the regulation of the Karabakh conflict as well.

http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/3008_december_10_2013/3008_econ_two.html

[Eddo211]

Re: North-South Highway/Iran-Armenia Railway

Don't feed the troll....

[Mher]

Re: North-South Highway/Iran-Armenia Railway

Did not have my thinking cap on when I asked for info on this highway.
Page one of this this thread answers most of questions.

sorry I hadn't seen your initial question. I t seems like I have simply come to unconsciously ignore everything stated by the CANCER.
Yes somehow to mr. Cancer, an infrastructure project uniting the country, providing safer modernized roads, increasing travel, lowering business costs, while providing thousands of jobs is another negative for Armenia.