"Thanks to all this work, initial positive results have been achieved," said Anar Rzayev, Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan Land Transport Agency (AYNA), at a meeting dedicated to transport issues, APA reports.
The Chairman noted that, however, there was a need to develop a unanimous plan that would take into account the joint operation of all means of transport in order to meet citizens' mobility needs: "On your instructions, work was carried out in this direction, and firstly, all flows entering the city were assessed. It turned out that more than 630 thousand passengers-citizens head towards the center of Baku every day. These citizens travel towards the city center in approximately 300 thousand cars. The directions have also become clear. In particular, the Sumgayit-Khirdalan direction has a large share here. Other directions are the outskirts of Baku. Based on this, a unified, coordinated, integrated transport plan has been prepared, and I am reporting its directions to your attention. There are two main directions here. The first direction is the implementation of road infrastructure projects. There were 50 road infrastructure projects. These were simulated in a digital twin and the 9 most optimal, most efficient projects were prioritized and reported to your attention. These projects concern three ring roads: Bilgah-Novkhani-Khirdalan-Shamakhi highway, Sabunchu-Sulutepe highway, and a ring road connecting the first ring road to Ziya Bunyadov Avenue. As a result of the construction of the ring roads, part of the flows of the main arteries of the city center will switch to these roads, so that the city center will be relieved. Six other projects are also aimed at resolving the bottlenecks within the city, so that the movement of vehicles here will become somewhat smoother."
