Astara Border Crossing 99% Complete; Opening Expected Within Days

Astara – The lawmaker representing Astara in parliament announced that the city's new border crossing is 99% complete, saying the strategic project, after years of follow-up, is ready for operation.

Astara- The representative of the people of Astara in the parliament announced the progress of 99% of the new border of this city and said: This strategic project is ready for operation after years of follow-up.

According to Mehr reporter, Vali Dadashi on Thursday evening, at the same time as the asphalting operation of the Astara-Astara international highway, while visiting the completion process of the new border project, discussed with the media the latest status of this important infrastructure project.

Referring to the importance of this border terminal in the North-South Corridor, he said: The executive operation of this border started in 2017 with continuous follow-ups and now it is on the threshold of operation with 99% progress. He mentioned the length of this border terminal as 1,400 meters and said that more than 500 billion Tomans of credit was needed to complete it, which was provided and spent for the majority of it with the support of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development and the Road Administration.

The representative of the people of Astara in the Islamic Council, stating that this city is located at the beginning and end of the North-South corridor and is considered one of the country's strategic borders in trade with the CIS countries, the Caucasus and Russia, added: the completion of this border terminal will play an important role in facilitating traffic, increasing the passage of trolleys, reducing long queues and developing foreign trade.

Appreciating the efforts of the Ministry of Roads, Roads Organization, Gilan Governorate and Astara Governorate, he said: In recent years, a group of executive agents have cooperated seriously to solve the problems of the project and accelerate the process of its completion, and this cooperation has made the project ready to be opened in the coming days.

Dadashi also pointed out the problems created for the citizens due to the long line of trolleys in the city axes and clarified: to organize this situation, a new place for stopping and deploying the trucks named "Tirpark" has been designated and soon a major part of the trolleys will be deployed there.

He expressed his hope that with the opening of the border terminal and the operation of the shooting range, the line of trolleys in the city will be minimized and the traffic in the city axes will be smoother.

In the end, the representative of Astara thanked the people of the city for bearing the problems caused by the heavy truck traffic and said: Our goal is to reduce the pressure on the citizens and create stable infrastructure for the development of trade and transportation in this border area.