Marmarashen villagers protest against North-South Road Program (video)
Residents of Marmarashen, a village in Ararat province of Armenia, led by the village headman, have taken to the street blocking the section of North-South Road Corridor that passes through the village. A bridge was planned to be built in the village under the North-South Road Corridor Investment Program but it was not constructed and now the residents have to make a great circuit before going somewhere. North-South Road Corridor crosses the territory of Armenia from the South to the North including Agarak-Kapan-Yerevan-Gyumri-Bavra highways and road infrastructures and is linked to the Georgian road network leading to Poti and Batumi ports. The road corridor will facilitate improving the road connection with the two neighbors of Armenia: Iran and Georgia, providing access to international trade routes and markets.
