RA Control Chamber of Armenia found irregularities in the construction of "North-South" road: construction halted
Analytical
Today RA National Assembly held a meeting of the Board of RA Control Chamber, which was followed by a press conference of the RA Chairman of Control Chamber Ishkhan Zakarian. During the meeting the reports with the results of ongoing review of the legality and effectiveness of the process of calculating the cost of construction of "North-South" road were discussed.
Recall that the construction of the road is constructed by Spanish "Isolux Korsan" company and "Sofezh" French company is responsible for the technical control.
During the inspection of the construction of North-South road North-South numerous violations were found.
Studies of the Control Chamber found that the road builders have not provided the required thickness of the concrete, the concrete quality is low, the construction is carried out with technical violations, drainage is not provided and so on. According to the conclusion of Control Chamber, the company "Sofezh" did not properly fulfill its obligations under the technical control.
"The Chamber of Control during the operational control stated that the company, which carries out the inspection, has not fulfilled its duties under the contract. The identified violations were reported to the President of the Republic of Armenia, as a result of which the director of office of the program was dismissed, the all construction was temporarily suspended", Zakarian said.