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Kocaeli municipal infrastructure upgrades

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In early July, Kocaeli's Metropolitan Municipality completed a major heavy‑vehicle corridor in İzmit, reinforcing Nizamoğlu İsmail Caddesi with a substantial base and asphalt layer and repainting nine kilometres of road markings with durable thermoplastic paint to improve night visibility and safety. markings. Later in July, that month the municipality city launched a summer maintenance programme targeting its traffic‑signal network. Crews began programme, cleaning 269 signalised intersections, removing dust and debris from lamps, poles and equipment intersections to sustain visibility and reliable operation keep traffic lights functional as vehicle numbers rise. rose. On 25 July, July the General Directorate of Highways announced temporary closures on several key routes – the TEM motorway (km 0‑13), the North Marmara Motorway at Akyazı, Akyazı and parts of the İzmir Ring Road – to carry out for surface‑renewal and bridge‑repair work. Kocaeli’s traffic‑signal cleaning signal‑maintenance continued alongside these national works, illustrating how and Bursa’s public‑transport subsidiary BURULAŞ overhauled dozens of bus engines, gearboxes and brakes, saving the city's upgrades are part city more than 24 million TL in external procurement costs. From 31 July until 10 August, Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi closed both directions of the Santral Ramp in İzmit to reconstruct the upper structure, and replaced ten defective LED fixtures on three city overpasses. In Sakarya, Mayor Yusuf Alemdar inspected progress on the new 4th Cadde corridor – a broader Turkish effort 1.2‑km, 20‑metre‑wide double‑carriageway with a 40‑metre underground passage expected to modernise cut travel time by about ten minutes. Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi completed a widening of Kaldırım Caddesi in the Kurşunlu neighbourhood of Gemlik, expanding the road capacity and maintain transport infrastructure. The coordinated actions, from local signal maintenance 8 to nationwide highway refurbishments, underscore an ongoing commitment 15 metres and applying a double‑layer pavement. These coordinated municipal projects across Kocaeli, Sakarya and Bursa illustrate a broader regional push to modernise road capacity, ease congestion, improve safety, and enhance overall mobility for residents. safety during the summer peak season.

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