The Izmir part of Izmir-Istanbul Highway which is evaluated as the most important project of the region and expected to decrease the travel duration between Izmir- Istanbul to 3.5 hours has been laid the foundation. The highway will cost 6 billion $ Binali Yildirim The Minister of Communications, the representatives of Companies such as Nurol – Ozaltın – Yuksel – Makyol – Gokcay and Astaldi attended to the ceremony which was arranged in the Cumhuriyet Square. The representatives of Business world attended also to the groundbreaking ceremony which aroused great excitement in Izmir.