Postponed 7 times, cost increased to 65 billion
more The total cost of the Ankara-Sivas High-Speed Train (YHT) Line, whose opening was announced seven times before and whose opening was canceled in September 2021, broke a record by reaching 64.5 billion lira according to the 2023 schedule. investment. CHP Vice President Ahmet Akın said: “The project, which broke the delay record so far, is now breaking the cost record.
THE SNAKE RETURNED TO HISTORY
The metro of the line with a total length of 393 kilometers costs approximately 165 thousand lira at this cost. The biggest indicator of lack of planning is that this payment amount is still being made for the project, which is claimed to open in 2023. In his statement, Akın recalled that the Ankara-Sivas YHT project was first announced to open in 2012 and said:
165 thousand TL per square meter
“The YHT Ankara-Sivas project, which was tendered in 2007, has literally become a snake story for 16 years. The construction works, which started in 2008, are not finished yet. The project was heavily revised when it was revealed that incorrect planning was done on the project, which the government first announced would open in 2012. The project, whose opening was postponed again in 2018, was postponed 7 times in total.” . Noting that the preparations for the opening were made before the project was completed on September 4, 2021, but it was postponed again, Akın said, “The meter of the line in the project is about 165 thousand lira. At the beginning of this cost increase is the decrease in the value of the Turkish lira due to the wrong monetary policy of the government and then due to lack of planning. The project in question is an example of the AKP’s incompetence and lack of planning. Even in 2023, the allocations are still allocated from the public budget, ”he continued.
Ahmet Akin
The cost of the line has increased more than 2.5 times
According to information provided by Ahmet Akın of CHP, the cost of the Ankara-Sivas YHT project was announced at 24.946 million 378 thousand 379 lira in the 2022 investment program. There was a record increase in the investment program for 2023, which It was published in the last few days. The cost of the project, which is scheduled to open this year, amounted to 64 thousand 528 million 975 thousand 642 liras. In other words, it has risen to almost 65 billion lira. Consequently, the cost of the line, which is scheduled to open approximately 2-3 months later, has increased more than 2.5 times in the 2023 investment program.