Turkey's future highway investment

Turkey is continuing its development of new highway links, with plans for a new highway connecting the cities of Rize and Mardin. When complete in 2023, the new highway will pass through 15 cities in all and reduce the travel time between Rize and Mardin to 5-6 hours compared with 12 at present. Turkey is investing heavily in transport as part of its development programme.Turkey is continuing its development of new highway links, with plans for a new highway connecting the cities of Rize and Mardin. When co
May 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Turkey is continuing its development of new highway links, with plans for a new highway connecting the cities of Rize and Mardin. When complete in 2023, the new highway will pass through 15 cities in all and reduce the travel time between Rize and Mardin to 5-6 hours compared with 12 at present. Turkey is investing heavily in transport as part of its development programme. Turkey is continuing its development of new highway links, with plans for a new highway connecting the cities of Rize and Mardin. When complete in 2023, the new highway will pass through 15 cities in all and reduce the travel time between Rize and Mardin to 5-6 hours compared with 12 at present. Turkey is investing heavily in transport as part of its development programme.
Highway & Network Management

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