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RA Public Prosecutor’s Office has received the certificate submitted by RA Ministry of Transportation, Communication and Information Technologies on "North-South Road Corridor" Project. It has been found out that the officials involved in the development and implementation of "North-South Road Corridor" Project have accepted for implementation design and estimate documentation with apparent drawbacks in the course of 2009-2018.
The officials having been involved in the project development and implementation have agreed to prolong the term of providing construction and consultation services without any grounds and charging caused damage, the consulting companies have been paid money exceeding the set amounts.
Recording the apparent drawbacks of the construction works and the concrete cover, Yerevan-Artashat and Yerevan-Ashtarak sections of Tranche 1 have been accepted for operation.
The officials have used their official positions in contrast to the interests of their service, they haven’t performed their contractual obligations negligently arising serious consequences. Besides, the construction works of North-South road haven’t been accomplished for over 9 years with the violation of planned timeframes and the project objectives and results expected to have for the citizens, society and state haven’t been achieved in regard to the reduction of traffic time, connecting the south and the north of Armenia through a safe, high-quality and fast road to promote the development of economic and business ties, as well as the state has incurred pecuniary damage in the amount of 23,553,817,000 AMD. A criminal case has been initiated based on these facts. The criminal case consisting of 16 volumes have been sent to RA Criminal Investigation Committee for preliminary investigation.
September 05, 2018 at 15:12