Ministries ready to start work, once money is found for big projects

Minister of Road, Transportation, Construction and Urban Development Kh.Battulga and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy D.Zorigt have reported to the Government their readiness to begin implementing several construction projects approved by it as part of the National Developmental Strategy, the Government’s Action Plan for 2008-2012, as well as others approved by Parliament.

Most important among these are the 100,000 Apartments program and a project to connect 96 districts with one another by constructing 5,572 km of roads, including 990 km of expressway. The programs for Ulaanbaatar include repair of 350 km roads and construction of 212 km of new roads and seven flyovers. The techno-economic feasibility study of building the first stage of the new railway is also ready.

Mr. Zorigt said Erdenes MGL, which holds the mining license for Tavan Tolgoi, has begun extraction and his ministry is working an improving the quality and capacity of work at border checkpoints. The
Government would take a decision on beginning work on these after arranging for finances. It is likely that revenue from mining would be pledged against the required investment. Prime Minister S.Batbold underlined that all stages in the implementation must be open and the quality of the work must be ensured. He added that all decisions must give priority to furthering national interests.