Some sections of North-South road in Armenia could be toll roads, Mr David Dole, Country Director for Armenia at Asian Development Bank (ADB), told News.am at the hearings on the construction of the highway, held at the National Assembly of Armenia on Friday. 

For some sections of the highway, like tunnels or bridges, a toll might be reasonable. However, it’s not feasible for the entire road, because the traffic is not so high in many places to justify it, he added.

The whole North-South highway is intended to be 495 km, upgrading the linkage to Georgia and Iran. The road will cut border-to-border distance by almost 60 km, due to construction of new bridges and tunnels instead of existing mountainous routes.

The estimated cost of the project is $967 mln, of which ADB’s commitment is $500 mln.