Opposition movement objects to highway construction in Tbilisi
Movement for Fair Georgia led by ex-PM Zurab Noghaideli objects to the construction works in the River Vere Gorge and accuses the municipal government of violating Law on Tbilisi. Petre Mamradze of the party said the construction of a new highway, which is intended for easing traffic on two central avenues of the capital, in fact represents the beginning of ecologic catastrophe in Tbilisi. In addition, Mamradze asserts the construction of the new highway in the centre of the capital violates the general plan of development of Tbilisi and the norms of the International Health Care Organization, which stipulates that at least 50 square meters of green cover should be designated for per person in large cities, while in Georgia this norm is 2-3- square meters. He says the main argument of the municipal government that the construction of the highway will ease traffic in other districts of the capital is not based on any scientific survey.
