Road network between Ulaanbaatar and 21 aimags by 2016

The Government plans to provide road network connectivity between Ulaanbaatar City and 21 aimag centers by 2016. The Capital City, Ulaanbaatar, is currently connected to only 9 aimags with paved roads.

In order for the plans by the Government to become reality, a total of1340 km paved roads are proposed to be built in Khuvsgul, Bayankhongor, Dornod, Dornogovi, Dundgovi and Umnugovi aimags this year.

The road network is planned for Zavkhan, Govi-Altai, Sukhbaatar next year according to A.Gansukh, Minister for Roads and Transportation during a brief summary of the year on Wednesday.

Sea transportation is also a subject in discussion by the Ministry. A.Gansukh, Ministry for Roads and Transportation talked about taking actions to develop sea transport in order to export mining products into a third country because Mongolia is landlocked.