Atlas Corridor
Component

Georgia: East–West Highway Improvement Project

road

Cities

Shorapani
Georgia
Khevi
Georgia

Distance

60km
new
30km
rehabilitated
30km
existing
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Cost

$1.8b
$1,846,190,000

Phases

underConstruction, 2026

Objective

"Efficiency and safety of road transport along the East-West Highway (EWH) improved."-CAREC website

Description

The East West Highway (EWH), stretching 410 km from Sarpi on the Black Sea, at the border with Turkey, through the center of the country to the capital Tbilisi and on to the border with Azerbaijan, is at the top priority of Government's transport infrastructure development. This project stretches between Shorapani and Khevi and is financed in different sections by different institutions.

Finance

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$578000000 loan
Asian Development Bank Bank
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$140000000 loan
The World Bank Bank
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$560550000 loan
European Investment Bank Development bank
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$218930000 investment
Government of Georgia Government

Contractors

Guizhou Highway Engineering Group Ltd.
Company
China National Technical Import & Export Corporation
Company
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Hunan Road & Bridge Construction group co. ltd
Company