Cabinet calls for completion of road construction ahead of high-level summits

At the regular Cabinet meeting held yesterday, some development projects and measures for Ulaanbaatar were introduced and ministers were asked to intensify efforts to complete road construction projects ahead of high-level international summits that will take place in Ulaanbaatar in 2015 and 2016.
Foreign high-level visitors and representatives will pay visits to Mongolia in July and August, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Forum for Security Cooperation will be held in September 2015, and Mongolia will host the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in 2016.
A road junction in Dambadarjaa, the reinforcement of a concrete bridge in Shargamorit, 16.3 km road expansion and renovation of the road to Khandgait, 11 km of road maintenance from Uliastai to Gachuurt, and the construction of a 1.7 km road from Auto Checkpoint No.22 to the Auto Mall are being funded by the city budget and scheduled for completion in 2015.
The ministers were also assigned with establishing agreements with investors on implementing projects including a 17.5 km road from Bayanzurkh Checkpoint to the Nalaikh and Choir intersection, and a 3.4 km road expansion from the Gachuurt junction to the Bayanzurkh tollgate.