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BY MEANS OF NEWLY CONSTRUCTED approximately 83 billion Dollars have been put into
DIVIDED HIGHWAYS, use.

• 182 million hours of saving has been achieved -Motorway length has been increased from
as labor acquisition from the shortenings in 1 thousand 714 kilometers to 2 thousand 236
the travel time, kilometers.
• 1 billion 110 million liters of saving has been
achieved in fuel oil. -Highway usage has increased from 52 million
• 2.50 million CO2 decrease in carbon dioxide 349 thousand kilometers/vehicle to 85 million 495
emission that is released to the atmosphere thousand kilometers/vehicle.
has been achieved.
-Although the number of vehicles on the
In this context, 22 thousand 313 kilometers of highways has increased from 8 million 655 thousand
divided highways provide an economic benefit of to 17 million 500 thousand, the rate of accidents
14 billion 800 million TL in a year and amortize involving death has decreased from 5.72 to below 3
themselves in 4 years. per 100 million vehicles X kilometers.

By means of the divided highways that have -When the changes in the accidents by years
been constructed since 2003; although mobility as a result of transforming some roads that were
has been increased in travel, there is a considerable main arterials into divided roads were analyzed, it
decrease in the number of accidents involving has been identified that there is a decrease of 71
injury, death and material damage. percent in accidents and a decrease of 61 percent
in the number of deaths.

HIGHWAYS HAVE STEPPED INTO A NEW AGE - As before 2003 there had been an asphalt
work and maintenance of 7 thousand kilometers,
As a result of the investments that have been between 2003 and 2012 an average of 17 thousand
made especially in the recent 10 years, highways 334 kilometers of asphalt works per year has been
have stepped into a new age. The change in the made.
Turkish highway network has also shown itself in
numbers. -95 percent of the unrecorded highway transport
sector has been recorded; European standards have
-33 percent of the Turkish highway network has been reached in transportation. After the sector was
been transformed into divided highway by making recorded, 3 million 456 thousand 719 professional
investments of 45 billion TL in divided highways in competency certificates were given.
10 years.
-Both the safety of the citizens was improved and
-24 projects of motorways of 9 thousand 380 the history was protected by restoring the historical
kilometers long, with a construction price of bridges faithfully.

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