The inauguration of the second phase of the overpass of Imam Khomeini Highway took place on October 12, in the area from Shahid Ayatollah Dashtgheib Street to Shahid Nouri Niyarki Street, with the presence of several urban managers. This project has been implemented to reduce traffic and facilitate movement in western Tehran, allowing citizens to access different points without the need to take long routes.
Project Details and Its Impact on Traffic
The western branch overpass of Imam Khomeini Highway, measuring 500 meters in length, is part of the second phase of this mega highway project. With the opening of this route, access to the northern and southern axes will be facilitated, and traffic flow on Shahid Dashtgheib, Ustad Moein, and 30 Meter Jey streets will improve. Approximately 70 registered properties in the project area have been acquired for the implementation of this project, and the relocation of facilities, including wastewater channels and electrical networks, has been carried out in cooperation with the Technical and Urban Development Department of Tehran Municipality.
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Costs and Future Predictions
The cost of executing this section at both the overpass and underpass levels is estimated to be around 1 trillion tomans, which, along with the cost of acquiring the necessary properties, totals another 1 trillion tomans. Mehdi Sadaqati, the CEO of the Engineering and Construction Organization of Tehran Municipality, announced that in the first phase, the route between Imam Khomeini Street and Shahid Dashtgheib Street has been opened, and with the inauguration of the second phase, another part of the traffic routes will be available to citizens. He predicted that the connection route to the north would also be completed within 3 weeks to a month.
Mohsen Doodangeh, the mayor of District 9, emphasized that this route has been opened to facilitate citizens' movement and improve access for residents of the Dashtgheib, Imamzadeh Abdollah, Hashemi, and Jey neighborhoods. It is expected that the reopening of this section will reduce about 15% of the traffic entering Imam Khomeini Highway from south to north. The mayor of Tehran has emphasized the phased operation of the ready sections and efforts are being made to prepare the west to north route of the highway for operation by the end of November.
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