(ECO) TURKEY TO LAUNCH TENDER PROCESS FOR ISTANBUL'S THIRD BRIDGE IN SEPTEMBER.TORONTO Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing , Jul Jul abbr (= July) → jul Jul abbr (= July) → juil Jul written abbr Jul July. 13, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The Turkish government plans to issue a tender notice in September September: see month. for construction of the third bridge over Istanbul Strait strait (strat) a narrow passage. straits of pelvis the pelvic inlet(superior pelvic s.) and pelvic outlet(inferior pelvic s.) . strait n. , Turkish transportation minister said. Third bridge will carry the transit traffic from Asia in the east to Europe in the west by the help of suburban motorways, Binali Yildirim said. Yildirim spoke to reporters at a press briefing in Toronto, Canada where he flied on the occasion of Turkish Airlines' first flight between Istanbul and Toronto. "There are lots of controversies over its (bridge) location," Yildirim said. "But I will not tell you the route." Government remains silent over the location of the third bridge to prevent false rumour trading of lands on the possible routes. Yildirim said municipal development plans would be changed in August in some areas of Istanbul, Izmit and Adapazari where linking motorways will run. "And then we plan to issue a tender notice in September," he said. Yildirim also said that engineers were working on a plan to add a rail system to original project. "We have not yet decided whether to add a rail system on the bridge. It will be clear following the work of our engineers," he said. Yildirim said the government was very delicate on green areas around Istanbul, adding that linking expressways would be composed of tunnels and viaducts to protect the environment. Some 30 million vehicles pass through the two bridges For the neighborhood in New York City, see . Two Bridges is an isolated location in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, United Kingdom. It is situated around 2. on the Istanbul Strait (Bosphorus) every month. (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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