Armenia Lifeline Roads – a Decade of Collaboration

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00:17 Once a week on this road,

00:19 a single bus connects the villages of T Zovac,

00:21 Lajaban Madis,

00:22 and Akrazur in Girarkunik province.

00:25 The bus covers the 27 kilometer distance from Akrazor to the nearest town,

00:29 Artenis in 1.5 hours.

00:31 This is the only affordable way for villagers to get to the market.

00:36 We're jumping here.

00:37 I'm a shabahurruka swain he is Tobuzu chompaya

00:43 kur to it's champets of chikuna.

00:51 Nurse Haikanoush Manukyan drives each day from Magenis

00:54 to Akrazor in her husband's old Geneva.

00:56 There is no public transport and the village's

00:59 ambulatory vehicle broke down on bad roads.

01:10 John.

01:15 New road construction,

01:16 however,

01:17 will soon connect the four villages to each other and to the highway

01:20 thanks to the Lifeline Road Network Improvement

01:23 project financed by the World Bank.

01:25 The Sardarapat Noor Armavir Road in Armavir province

01:28 already connects five villages to each other.

01:31 These roads will have a direct impact on the incomes of farmers in the region,

01:35 which is famous for its fruit orchards.

01:46 Hi.

01:51 The road's repair work is also creating additional jobs for local residents.

01:59 For years,

02:00 Roman Hakopian had left the country each year in search of seasonal work,

02:04 but this year he stayed at home,

02:05 secured a contract,

02:06 and repairs the road for his own village.

02:30 The project also has a safe village component,

02:33 which starts with traffic safety classes in the schools of these communities.

02:36 The children in Abovian village of Ararat province

02:39 know very well now how to cross the streets correctly.

02:43 In the villages where the community roads are repaired,

02:45 there has been a positive impact in a very short period of time.

02:50 In the village of Arzfabert in Davos region,

02:52 for example,

02:53 the small business owners now feel much more secure.

03:09 port.

03:11 In Armenia,

03:12 there are 7700 kilometers of roads,

03:15 4000 kilometers of which are rural roads.

03:18 The series of Lifeline road network projects is in its 10th year of implementation.

03:24 Over 900 kilometers of community roads have been newly built or rehabilitated.

03:30 Over 800,000 people make use of these improved roads.

03:34 Previously,

03:35 only half of the people in rural areas had access to good and safe roads.

03:40 Now that figure is 70%.

03:43 The villagers call them lifeline roads.

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Once a week on this road, a single bus connects the villages of T Zovac, Lajaban Madis, and Akrazur in Girarkunik province. The bus covers the 27 kilometer distance from Akrazor to the nearest town, Artenis in 1.5 hours. This is the only affordable way for villagers to get to the market. We're jumping here. I'm a shabahurruka swain he is Tobuzu chompaya kur to it's champets of chikuna. Nurse Haikanoush Manukyan drives each day from Magenis to Akrazor in her husband's old Geneva. There is no public transport and the village's ambulatory vehicle broke down on bad roads. John. New road construction, however, will soon connect the four villages to each other and to the highway thanks to the Lifeline Road Network Improvement project financed by the World Bank. The Sardarapat Noor Armavir Road in Armavir province already connects five villages to each other. These roads will have a direct impact on the incomes of farmers in the region, which is famous for its fruit orchards. Hi. The road's repair work is also creating additional jobs for local residents. For years, Roman Hakopian had left the country each year in search of seasonal work, but this year he stayed at home, secured a contract, and repairs the road for his own village. The project also has a safe village component, which starts with traffic safety classes in the schools of these communities. The children in Abovian village of Ararat province know very well now how to cross the streets correctly. In the villages where the community roads are repaired, there has been a positive impact in a very short period of time. In the village of Arzfabert in Davos region, for example, the small business owners now feel much more secure. port. In Armenia, there are 7700 kilometers of roads, 4000 kilometers of which are rural roads. The series of Lifeline road network projects is in its 10th year of implementation. Over 900 kilometers of community roads have been newly built or rehabilitated. Over 800,000 people make use of these improved roads. Previously, only half of the people in rural areas had access to good and safe roads. Now that figure is 70%. The villagers call them lifeline roads.

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