MDF Announced Competition for Design of Arkhoti Road Construction
Georgian Municipal Development Fund has announced competition for preparation of detailed design and cost estimate documentation for construction and rehabilitation of 25 km road section connecting village Roshka and villages of Arkhoti community – Akhieli-Chimgha-Amgha.
After completion of competition the winner company shall submit detailed design and cost-estimate documents within 130 calendar days. In addition, before commencement of road construction, environment impact assessment document shall be prepared. Upon completion of design works and submission of environment impact assessment report tender will be announced for construction works. It should be also noted that after completion of the design stage and before announcement of tender for construction work the project shall be subjected to expertise.
Development of the project documents for construction of Arkhoti road is a very large and significant process as there has never been any road at the mentioned section and completely new road shall be cut. Therefore, all details shall be studied and analysed.
It should be also noted that the road hall be cut in the high mountain region and because of climatic conditions the work season is limited as from October to late April, access roads are closed there and therefore, MDF will use winter period for development of the project and preparation of environment impact assessment document. After this all procedural issues shall be solved and in the following year road construction works will be commenced in accordance with the schedule.
There have never been any road connecting two parts (Pirikita and Piraketa) of Khevsureti. It should be noted that Arkhoti road construction is the project of strategic significance. This is a border-side place, where, after construction of the road, 33 families will return to their homes and this would revitalize this area.
Interested persons shall submit their bids and requested information on 05 May 2014, from 15:00 to 16:00, in sealed envelope to the Municipal Development Fund (address: Office No: 301, 3rd Floor, 150, David Aghmashenebeli Avenue, Tbilisi). Interested persons can see detailed information at the web page of the State Procurement Agency (www.spa.ge), as well as the web page of Municipal Development Fund (www.mdf.org.ge).
On 17th December, last year, construction of 25-km road in Khevsureti was blessed by Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness Ilia II, at Rustaveli Theatre. He applied to the society: “Khevsurians, don’t be afraid of hardships, Mokheves have seen even greater hardships. The main thing is that we should not accept the life in need. We should do everything to deal with the poverty. This road will be the way to deal with the poverty.”
Currently only 4 families live in Arkhoti and if the road is not constructed, these 4 families will leave this territory, located so close to the border with Ingushia and having strategical significance for Georgia. In the 30-ies of the past century about 80 families lived in Arkhoti. After road construction additional 33 families intend to return to Arkhoti.
