Status paper on Asian Highway AZERBAIJAN

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1 Status paper on Asian Highway AZERBAIJAN 1. Introduction The Republic of Azerbaijan, located at the intersection of North-South and East-West international transport corridors has vast transit potential in the region. Highways of international transit importance along mentioned corridors directly pass through the territory of the country as the shortest routes connecting regions. Therefore, as a Party to the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Asian Highway Network since 2005, remarkable development tendencies have taken place in the county. Therefore, development of highways of international importance is the main direction of transport policy of the country. In this connection, measures are taken both at ational and international levels. At national level State Programme on Development of the regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan ( ) and State Programme on Renewal and Development of Highways in the Republic of Azerbaijan ( ) are adopted. Taking into account activities in the field of highways mentioned in these programmes that of paramount importance for social-economic development of the county, special activity plans pertaining the construction and renewal of highways of republic and local importance were worked out, and since 2004, 1200 km of highways of republic importance and 3036 km of interregional highways, bridges, passages were constructed. It was planned to construct and renew 3578 km highways of republic importance, 5928 km highways of local importance during the period of in the Republic and the construction is on process. Cooperation with international financial institutions such as European Bank for and Development, Asian Development Bank, Kuwait Fund, Islamic Development Bank, World Bank and TACIS (for technical control) in the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways, should be especially underlined. In mln AZN has been spared for maintenance and reconstruction of public highways maintained by Azerroadservice OJSC, Ministry of Transport and this amount is intended to be spent for reconstruction of 662 km road.

2 2. Current status of the AH network (conformity with classification and design standards) No. Itinerary Length Baku-Alat-Kazakh- state border of Georgia ( East-West corridor) State border of Russia - Baku-Alat-Astara- state border of Iran ( North-South corridor) Classification Below Primary Class I Class II Class III class III ,4 346,1 37, ,0 224,7 111,3-1 Baku Alat Hajıgabul - Horadiz - Minjivan - State border of Armenia - Ordubad-Nakhchivan - Sadarak ,0 138,0 151,0-3 Kazakh-Uzuntala- state border of Armenia , ,0 km Horadiz State border of Armenian section is not under exploitation as this area is under Armenian ccupation 2 As the result of Armenian aggression this highway can not be operated

3 3. Major on-going projects on AH routes No. Itinerary Length of Section Upgradation that are being undertaken Cost US$(million) Baku-Alat section (km 49-69) 20,0 I class 6 46,9 Yevlakh-Ganja section (km 49-69) additional 2 88,8 Ganja ring road 37,5 I class 4 II class, 2 180,0 65,37 Baku-Russian Federation border section (km ) 60,0 and reconstruction new construction - 50,0 km - 10,0km 229,0 Baku ring road 42,0 Alat-Masalli section (km 0-9) 9,0 Rehabilitation II class, 2 107,41 53,27

4 4. Future Priority projects on AH routes No. Itinerary Length of Section Upgrading that are planned Cost US$(million) Hajigabul-Kurdamir section 85,0 416,47 Kurdamir-Yevlakh section 86,6 424,80 Ganja-state border of Georgia section 130,0 637,20 Masalli-Astara road Section A (km ) ,18 Section B (km 22,15-46,15) 22,8 127,18 Section C (km 46,15-61,74) 16,74 138,24 Yenikend-Salyan road Section km 31,0-54,4 23,4 134,14 Kur river bridge Section km 54,4-55,8 1,4 50,74 Shorsulu road Section km 55,8-80,6 24,8 148,19 Masallı road Section km 80,6-142,9 62,3 1 Bahramtapa-Horadiz section 69,0 Rehabilitation II class, 2 464,20 176,40

5 5. Installation of Asian Highway route signs İNFORMATION ON ASIAN HIGHWAY SIGNS ON ROADS MAINTAINED BY AZERROADSERVICE JSC OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT Baku Ring Road Alat-Astara-state border of Iran road () - 2 Baku-Guba-state border of Russia road () Road safety situation on AH routes (number of accidents, fatalities and serious injuries, emergency responsive services along the route, on-going initiatives to improve road safety situation) INFORMATION ON ACCIDENTS ON HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY AZERROADSERVICE OJSC OF THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT Year Total number of accidents Fatality Injured Because of highway Number of accidents Fatality Injured (6 months) Republic of Azerbaijan strongly supports action battle against death on roads by taking the necessary actions to improve road safety. In 2010 the Government of Azerbaijan assisted by the World Bank decided to carry out a comprehensive Road Safety Programme Project. A Swedish Consultant team is assisting the Government of Azerbaijan to develop a comprehensive Road Safety Strategy and a multi sector Action plan to address the growing road safety problems that Republic of Azerbaijan is now facing. The goal of this programme is to reduce the current traffic deaths with about 50% by The Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan of the republic of Azerbaijan are based on the international best practice and major documents (Resolutions, Directives, Norms and Recommendations), as well as on documents from UN, World Health Organization reports, WB and other relevant institutions in the field of road safety.

2. Present status on AH (Confirmation with classification and design standards)

2. Present status on AH (Confirmation with classification and design standards) AH number Route Length Classification Note Main Class I Class II Class III Inferior to Class III AH-5 1 East-West Europe-