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Introduced the definitive project of the "Istanbul Channel"
The work in order to realize the new via of water parallel to the Strait of the Bosforo could leave within year-end
January 17, 2018
Monday the Turkish minister of the Transports, Ahmet Arslan, has , the new via of long water 45 kilometers that will be realized in parallel with the Strait of the Bosforo with the scope to diminish the congestion of the marine traffic on the route that connects the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea(on 27 April 2011).
The minister has specified that the project will be realized in project financing with a contract of Build, Operated and Transfer (BOT) in collaboration between private public and that the objective is to carry to term the contest procedures and to start the work of digging within this year.
The new channel will be realized connecting the lagoon of Lago Kucukcekmece with the water basin of Sazlidere and the lake and water basin of Durusu and Terkos.
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