By KYIV. Jan 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Dnipro will appeal to the Turkish Embassy and international business associations due to the violation of the contract for the construction of three city metro stations by the Turkish company Limak, which stopped work at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov said.
“About the situation with the metro and the fugitive Turkish contractor. After Turkish Limak evaporated from the construction sites in the first days of the full-scale invasion, taking all the personnel, equipment and documents, the international Polish company ILF, which carries out technical supervision of the construction of the subway, recorded all the obligation violations and gave an assessment of the work they left behind,” he wrote on Facebook.
According to him, Limak had obligations to the city under the contract and the international tender, which was approved by foreign partners. In addition, the Turkish company provided guarantees under the contract to European banks.
Filatov indicated that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and law enforcement officers were informed about the situation. The city also intends to contact the Turkish Embassy and international business associations.
In addition, the city authorities will look for opportunities to complete the construction of tunnels and complete work on the metro, the mayor of Dnipro noted.
As reported, on April 13, 2016, the Turkish company Limak won a tender to continue the construction of the metro worth EUR 224 million, providing for the construction of a section with three stations in the central part of the city with a total length of 4 km. The construction of the metro is being carried out with loans from the EBRD (EUR 152 million) and the European Investment Bank (EUR 152 million).
Construction of the metro in Dnipro began back in 1982. Since 1995, the subway has had six stations instead of the planned nine.
