The inter-agency meeting on road safety has been held
The inter-agency meeting on road safety has been held
12 May, 2018 14:18:26

Today, a meeting of inter-agency commission of Georgian road safety was held at Iota Hotel. The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Giorgi Cherkezishvili, First Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia and Chairman of Roads Department Irakli Karseladze, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nino Javakhadze and Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi Maia Bitadze. Mr. Karseladze delivered a presentation on road safety improvement measures planned and performed by the Department in 2017-2018.

In addition to representatives of Georgian state agencies, the meeting was also attended by the representatives of the EU delegation, World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and NGOs.

At the meeting, organizations involved in road safety issues and other interested organizations were informed about road safety measures implemented and ongoing in 2017-2018 by various agencies.

“Roads Department presented measures implemented in 2017-2018 and by the end of the year. It is important that inspections of all 13 international roads were completed in 2017, based on which, an action plan has already been developed. In addition, 21 sections were arranged according to safety and standard rules – mostly in the regions. Lighting of 75 km road has been carried out on the highway” – Irakli Karseladze mentioned.

In July 2016, a national road safety strategy was approved by the order of the Government of Georgia, based on which, a road safety action plan 2017 was adopted, and inter-agency commission and working group were formed – Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education and Science, LEPL Land Transport Agency and Tbilisi City Hall are involved in the functioning of the above mentioned. The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development is considered as a coordinating agency of this commission and working group.

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