İrfan Balkanlıoğlu, the governor of Ordu, said that “The 90% of the beltway has been completed and we expect to open its first stage at the end of the year.” Balkanlıoğlu explained that the total length of the beltway is 19,5 km consisting of many tunnels. He also added “Nearly 10 km of the beltway consists of tunnels. Besides, bridges and viaducts which are nearly 2 km. exist on the way. So the difficulty of constructing this way is very clear. Our Turkish engineers still work to complete the way despite the all difficulties.”