Prime Minister and Tbilisi Mayor Open New Metro Station

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Tbilisi Mayor Davit Narmania opened the new University metro station today.

The Prime Minister congratulated Tbilisi citizens and people who worked on the successful completion of the project, which was put on hold for almost 20 years. The construction of the station restarted in 2015. 

The new University station is fully equipped with modern security systems, and complies with the highest international standards. Tbilisi metro remains one of the most popular transport methods in the city, with 350 000-4000 000 passengers using it on a daily basis. The new station is expected to serve 15,000 passengers per day additionally. The two parallel tunnels from Delisi to Vaja-Pshavela metro stations are said to be operating from now on. 

“I hope the University metro station will become an example of how urban transport can be developed, which is crucial for the citizens of Tbilisi and for the visitors to the city as well,” Kvirikashvili said, noting that 44 metro wagons and 3 metro stations have been renovated, while an additional three metro stations are currently under reconstruction process. 

The Prime Minister noted that the city has 143 Euro standard, ecological buses, and that a euro standard autobase has was created, in operation since the 70's. Kvirikashvili also mentioned that the Turtle Lake cable car is now up and running again, as he talked about the infrastructure projects realized in the capital of Georgia. 

As Giorgi Kvirikashvili said, the government plans to launch larger infrastructural projects. “In 2017, we had a 36% growth in infrastructural projects, which became possible with the cutting of administrative expenses and due to effective work done with financial institutions,” he noted, saying that from the second quarter of 2018, lots of projects are planned to launch simultaneously, bringing a 89-90% growth compared to 2016. “I’m sure the next year will see a growing dynamic and serious development,” the Prime Minister said. 

The University station construction project was realized by the financial investment of 84 million by Asian Development Bank, the construction works carried out by Spanish company Cobra Assignia.

By Nino Gugunishvili