Mahdi Sadaqati, the CEO of the Engineering and Construction Organization of Tehran Municipality, announced the completion of this project within three weeks at the reopening ceremony of the overpass route of the Yadegar Imam Highway. With the implementation of this plan, the possibility of traffic from north to north at Jey Square will be provided, ending the traffic problems for citizens.
Project History and Existing Problems
Sadaqati referred to the closure of Jey Square for about the past two years due to the execution of the western branch of the Yadegar Imam Highway and said: "In the first phase, the route between Imam Khomeini Street and Shahid Dashtgheib Street was put into operation, and with the opening of the second phase, another part of the traffic routes in the square will be made available to citizens." He added: "The closure of Jey Square forced drivers to use alternative routes, which increased travel distance and imposed additional routes on citizens. We have tried to expedite this part of the project so that at the beginning of the school year, some of the commuting problems of the people can be alleviated."
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Progress and Future Plans
The CEO of the Engineering and Construction Organization of Tehran Municipality referred to the stages of the Jey Square project and said: "With the operation of this section, the second phase will be completed, and in the third phase, the surrounding ring of the square will be fully executed." Sadaqati also announced plans for the implementation of the southern branch of the Yadegar Imam Highway and emphasized: "The design of this project has been done in such a way that the amount of required acquisitions is significantly reduced."
Sadaqati referred to the volume of executive operations and noted: "In this project, more than 30,000 square meters of bridge deck have been implemented, equivalent to about three hectares of bridge deck. The cost of implementing this project is estimated at about 5 trillion tomans, and the cost of acquiring personal and institutional properties at current prices is estimated at about 15 trillion tomans, so the total costs will reach about 20 trillion tomans."
He also apologized to citizens for the traffic problems during the execution of the Jey Square project and emphasized: "With the reopening of new routes and the gradual return of traffic flow to the main routes, a noticeable reduction in traffic in the surrounding streets is expected."
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