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“We are
business of the project. provide a saving of 600-650 million peculiar. What is exactly meant
US Dollars per year to the economy with that? connecting
The third company is Otoyol due to the shortened route and three of the
Management and Maintenance prevented traffic congestion. Smart Motorway application to be
Inc. (OİB) is the company which is downloaded via the cell phone will most developed
responsible for the project design, What are the major stages of become functional in stages. provinces of
construction and management of the project in sequence? Would • Weather-Road Condition info. Turkey that
the 33 service stations (gas stations, you make explanations about • Special Motorway Radio
sales centers, food units) that we the motorway, connection roads, • Resting areas, recreation make the largest
are going to establish along 400 viaducts, bridges and tunnels? We places, food courts, shopping contribution to the
km. Our cofounder firms participate know that there will be different opportunities, emergency car repair
with the same share structure to structures where services will be points, retail brands promotion national economy,
all these three companies. Fourth provided such as toll booth areas, messages announcement channel namely Istanbul,
company is GİİP, which performs park areas, services areas? • Possibility to make reservation for Bursa and Izmir,
the management of the highway restaurants and similar places on
(traffic management, fare collection Project Characteristics Data: the way to each other with
systems, repair and maintenance, • Route Main Body Length: 384 Km • Mapping the covered distance, a contemporary
profit campaigns, accident response • Bursa Peripheral Road (open to pinning the visited locations.
etc.). 50 % of this company belongs traffic): 21 Km It will be possible to share the motorway.
to Otoyol Inc. and the other 50% • Total Main Body: 405 Km experienced road summary over According to the
belongs to French EGIS firm which • Connection Roads: 49 Km Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. projection studies
has international experience in • Junction Arms: 140 Km
highway management. We have • Side Roads: 26 Km Can we now get some information performed on
talented General Managers in about financing? How much loan the subject, it is
managing for each of the four Number of Bridges, Viaducts, has been obtained for which
companies. Above them, I myself Tunnels, Service Facilities, and part of the project and for what expected that the
strive to coordinate the whole Maintenance Operation Facilities period? What is the equity/debt Project will provide
structure. are as follows: structure? Was additional load an added value
used afterwards?
Now we can talk about the project. of approximately
We are talking about the greatest The first loan for the project was 11-12 billion TL
project in Turkey that is being borrowed in 2013 in the amount
implemented with build-operate- of 1.4 billion US Dollars for per year to the
transfer model. Within the scope Gebze-Gemlik section, including national economy
of the Application contract, which Osmangazi Bridge. In 2014, an and additional
took effect in 15 March 2013 upon addition of 600 million US Dollars
being signed by the Highways was made to this loan, thus employment for
General Directorate and Otoyol financing for the motorway section 15.000 persons,
Investment and Management Inc. in from Gebze to Bursa was provided.
2010, a total of 433 km road is being Finally, we signed a new loan especially in
constructed, including 384 km of *3 Junctions are located on the package in the amount of 5.0 billion automotive,
motorway and 49 km connection existing Bursa Peripheral Road. US Dollars in 2015 we paid back the textile and tourism
roads. Could you please tell us They are not included in the number old loans of 2013 and 2014 using
about the development process of of junctions. this new loan. We estimate that industries.”
the project before the signing step? when the project is completed,
We had heard about smart 68% of the cost of the construction
The process before the signature of buildings. But the term “smart phase will be financed with loans
the application contract happened motorway” sounds somewhat and 32% with equity.
as follows;

What kinds of benefits will the
Project provide in the economic and
social context and which regions
will it affect?

We are connecting three of the most
developed provinces of Turkey that
make the largest contribution to the
national economy, namely Istanbul,
Bursa and Izmir, to each other with a
contemporary motorway.According
to the projection studies performed
on the subject, it is expected that the
Project will provide an added value
of approximately 11-12 billion TL per
year to the national economy and
additional employment for 15,000
persons, especially in automotive,
textile and tourism industries. Orhangazi Tunnel Entrance
Also, when the whole project is
commissioned, it is expected to

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