Following the completion of the temporary customs area at the Alican Border Gate in Iğdır, which connects Turkey and Armenia, it has been learned that the road to the border gate will be widened into a dual carriageway and its route will be modified so that it runs parallel to the planned ring road.
According to a report by Hatem Polat of the Yeşil Iğdır newspaper, the Turkish side of the highway connecting the Alican Border Gate in Turkey with the Margara Border Gate in Armenia will be rebuilt as a dual carriageway along a 6-kilometer stretch, and the contractor has already begun construction work.
Highway crews have started road-widening and route-modification works aimed at improving transportation access. The planned ring road, which will begin at the Organized Industrial Zone and continue through the Hoşhaber, Halfeli, Erhacı, and Karakoyunlu route, will connect with the 6-kilometer Alican road. The ring road, which will link the Alican and Nakhchivan roads, is expected to significantly ease traffic congestion in Iğdır.
Cantürk Alagöz, a member of parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi-AKP) representing Iğdır, made the following statement to Yeşil Iğdır newspaper:
“In accordance with the plans by our Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, and our General Directorate of Highways, construction of the Alican road has begun in order to reduce traffic density in our city and, in particular, prevent trucks and heavy vehicles from entering the city center. May it be beneficial for Iğdır.”
