Transport projects proceed ‘at full strength’ under wartime strain
Iran’s transport and urban development minister said on Saturday that infrastructure, road maintenance, bridge construction and highway projects were continuing at full strength despite wartime conditions in the country.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of road maintenance and transport projects in northeastern Semnan Province, Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd praised road maintenance workers for their efforts during the recent US-Israeli imposed war, according to IRNA.
“Road maintenance workers stood by the country with solidarity and cooperation during the recent war, and some of them were martyred while serving,” she said.
The country remains under wartime conditions. Following a 40-day conflict, Tehran and Washington reached a temporary ceasefire on April 8 through Pakistani mediation, though tensions remain high. Semnan Province, located along Iran’s west-east and north-south transit routes, is considered one of the country’s key regions for the development of road and rail transport infrastructure. On Saturday, an additional 36 kilometers of the Garmsar-Semnan highway were inaugurated in the presence of the minister.
According to ISNA, the highway is part of a 980-kilometer project designed to connect central and southern Iran to the country’s northeast and ease bottlenecks along the transport corridor.
The road lies on the international east-west transport corridor and the Asian TRACECA (Transport Corridor Europe–Caucasus–Asia) corridor, linking the provinces of Qom, Tehran, Semnan and Khorasan Razavi while helping complete Iran’s national highway network.