6.8 Million TL Fine for Northern Marmara Highway

Last week, Turkey’s number one agenda was the snowfalls that captivated the four corners of the country. While there has not been such a snowfall for a long time, both the citizens and the authorities to be unpreparedThis led to traffic jams in many places. Especially Istanbul and GaziantepRoads in Turkey were closed for hours due to heavy snowfall. now In Istanbul There was an important development regarding the events that took place.

Snowfall that made Istanbul white on Monday, January 24, Northern Marmara HighwayIt caused unprecedented density and transportation disruption in . So much so that citizens in some regions, for a full 18 hours they got stuck. The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, which took action on the subject, told the company that is the operator of the highway. 6 million 795 thousand 957 TL punished. On the other hand; The citizens who were on the highway that day were also refunded.

“We did our best”

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure states that the reason for the 6 million lira fine is Kınalı-Yassıören (Cut-1), Yassiören-Odayeri (cut 2), Habipler-Hasdal (Cut-7) explained that it was due to the interruptions between In the statements made by the company operating the highway, evaluations were made about these routes.

“Before adverse weather conditions, both salt sprinkling and solution pouring measures were taken at the highest level, but due to the snowfall that reached the size of a disaster, transportation we will never want cuts occurred, our citizens had to wait on the road.” in the statement in which the expressions are used, it is stated that all citizens who have suffered refunds are made specified. The company also stated that it will do its best to prevent similar incidents in the next period and take new measures.