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Adil Karaismailoğlu, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, stated that since 2003, they have implemented very large and important projects in the field of transport and communications by investing TL 910.3 billion.
Karaismailoğlu, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the discussion with affiliates in the presentation of the budget of the year 2021 in the Planning and Budget Committee of Parliament, began in 2002 in Turkey “new era of transport and communication” of regeneration, said he continued with the conversion process.
Noting that this transformation points to an ambitious process shaped by mobility, digitization and logistics dynamics focused on holistic development in the fields of transport and communication, which is new, effective and with the goal of integrating the world in this geography, Karaismailoğlu said that they are focusing on this ambitious goal and striving to move the country forward with projects.
Noting that the main source of motivation will be the added value they bring to comprehensive development, Karaismailoğlu said, “Because the well-being and happiness of our people can only be established through comprehensive development.” I speak.
Karaismailoğlu, all the activities of the ministry, expressing the infrastructure necessary to create the basic pillars of Turkey’s overall development, continued:
“Aware of this responsibility, we have implemented very large and important projects in the field of transport and communications by investing 910.3 billion lire since 2003. The highway ranks first with a 62.1 percent share. in our investment expenses. Although its share of investment was 33 percent in 2013, this rate increased to 47 percent in 2020. The share of rail investment, which was 47 percent in 2020, will be 60 percent in 2023. It is extremely important to us that investments can be completed faster and offered to our citizens. For this reason, we are also evaluating alternative financing resources, for this we also mobilize the dynamism of the private sector, so we started the Public-Private Alliance project of 214,700 million TL in total, 86 percent of the investments in question. With our projects, our goal is to bring an additional 30.3 billion lire to our country. “
Karaismailoğlu stated that there are 463 projects in their investment portfolios, the total size of these projects is 638.2 billion Turkish lira, and they have achieved a cash realization of about 263.5 billion on this.
The only geographical but historical, social, cultural and economic benefits of Turkey from the most precious regions of the world take place by pointing to Karaismailoğlu in one, the current geography, 1 billion 603 million inhabitants, 39 billion 410 billion own GNP, 8 billion 51 He explained that it could reach 67 countries with a trade volume of one billion dollars.
“IMPACT OF INVESTMENTS ON AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL EMPLOYMENT 703.3 THOUSAND PEOPLE”
Looking at the sectoral distribution of investments, Karaismailoğlu stated that investments were made in highway of 98.9 billion dollars, 29 billion dollars in railways, 14.7 billion dollars in airways, 1 , $ 7 billion in shipping and $ 14.4 billion in communication. We see returns of $ 7 billion from investments in roads, rail, air, maritime, and communications. In 2003-2019, investments had a total impact of $ 386 billion on Gross Domestic Product and $ 818.8 billion on production. The impact of investments on total employment is also on average 703 per year. It amounted to 3,000 people. “The evaluation found.
Karaismailoğlu claimed that the investments provide considerable savings for the country’s economy, and thanks to the investments, the country achieved savings of $ 13.4 billion in 2019 alone as a result of efficient use of human and financial resources.
Karaismailoğlu, explaining that they have saved $ 2.8 billion in time savings thanks to increased average speed on highways, shorter transport times, high-speed trains and increased transportation by air, said: ” Thanks to shorter roads, the transition to rail and air with less fuel and maintenance expenses, Apart from that, we saved $ 1,200 million in fuel savings, we saved 12 thousand 353 lives thanks to the reduction of fatal accidents with infrastructure Safe transportation.Environmentally friendly transportation with shorter roads, urban rail system lines and High Speed Rail With the transition to modes, we saved $ 10.3 million in CO2 emissions and $ 20 million in savings paper by moving public services to a paperless environment With the use of e-Government, citizens can carry out their transactions without going to institutions public, saving 1.8 billion dollars in time, this is Public Labor. It was also reflected in increased productivity. ”He spoke.
Asia and Europe, a bridge between Turkey for some time, neglected the railways in the sense that they begin a new breakthrough that expresses Karaismailoğlu more than half a century of economic advantage and commercial convertibility of the opportunities provided by its geographical location, it was reported in the last 18 years, the railway to 169.2 billion pounds they have invested.
Karaismailoğlu emphasized that despite the epidemic in 2020, there was no decrease in domestic freight transport by rail, and also noted that a significant increase in international transport is anticipated due to the advantage of “contactless transport”.
“DURATION OF THE DAILY COURSE TURKEY-CHINA DURATION FROM 12 TO 10 DAYS WE WILL DECREASE”
Karaismailoğlu, who stated that they expect a 116 percent increase in shipments made on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars line, a 63 percent increase in shipments on the Iran line and a 15 percent increase on the European line, especially from international transport, he said they continue.
In subsequent years, it is known as the North China-Russia (Siberia) line through Karaismailoğlu, indicating that the passage of 30 percent of the train to Europe is carried out annually, 5 thousand blocks are trying to move to Turkey, Central Corridor and 1,500 blocks per year of the BTK and China train business route – while the total 12-day cruise between Turkey said its goal is to reduce it to 10 days.
Karaismailoğlu noted that due to the Kovid-19 pandemic that hit the world in 2020, they expected a 36 percent decrease in the total number of passengers by the end of this year compared to 2019, and stated that the freight transport target for 2020 in railways it is 35.28 million tons.
“PHYSICAL PROGRESS OF 95 PERCENT HAS BEEN MADE ON THE ANKARA-SIVAS YHT LINE”
Karaismailoğlu explained that they achieved a physical progress of 95 percent in the infrastructure construction works of the YHT Ankara-Sivas line, and stated that with the completion of the project, the train travel time between Ankara and Sivas will be reduced from 12 to 2 hours, and you will get a full 10 hours of fuel, time and environmental effects.
Explaining that the Ankara-İzmir high-speed train line has achieved 35% physical progress in infrastructure works, Karaismailoğlu said: “We will reduce the train travel time, which is 14 hours between Ankara and Izmir, to 3 hours 30 minutes. Here, our profit is more than 11 hours “. said.
Karaismailoğlu stated that its objective is to reduce the passenger travel time between Halkalı-Kapıkule (Edirne) from 4 hours to 1 hour 20 minutes and the freight transport time from 6 hours 30 minutes to 2 hours 20 minutes, and that its The objective is to increase the current capacity of the line 4 times.
Karaismailoğlu, who stated that he plans to build a new 106-kilometer-long Bursa-Yenişehir-Osmaneli dual-line high-speed, electric and signaling railway line, in connection with the YHT Ankara-Istanbul line, suitable for 200 kilometers per hour, he said: “This line will increase the industrial performance of Bursa and Bilecik. With this high-speed train line, the automotive, machinery, mining and chemical sectors of the neighboring provinces will be served and the productions of the regions will be transported by railway. ”found the evaluation.
Karaismailoğlu said that in parallel with the railway construction works, the studies of the survey project continue on the routes that they determined considering the load and passenger density, and that they completed the work of the survey project in a total of 3,456 kilometers, electrified 45 percent of rail lines, thus increasing efficiency. He also said that by reducing the emission of carbon dioxide, a more environmentally sensitive business has been started.
Minister Karaismailoğlu stressed that their goal by the end of 2023 is to increase the length of the power line to 77 percent, noting that they made 51 percent of railway lines signposted.
Factories, ports, secure cargo centers such as organized industrial zones, rail links, transportation costs and the amount of voice was extremely decisive in terms of being more competitive Karaismailoğlu, the mainland of Turkey from its location at the meeting point, has a significant commercial volume in regional cargo reported.
