AZN 900.83 mln ($1.147 bln) from the AZN 1,448.1 mln, allocated to the Transport Ministry from the state budget-2012 and international financial institutions for development, improvement and maintenance of transport-road complex of Azerbaijan, has already been spent during the first quarter of the current year.
The Transport Ministry told that during the reporting period, AZN 111.2 mln from AZN 180 mln, allocated by the Purposeful Fund "Azerbaijani Highways" for major maintenance of highways, has been spent during Q1, 2012.
Moreover, AZN 2.5 mln from AZN 5.8 mln, allocated from the state budget fro provision of State Automobile Transport Service, Baku Passenger Transport Ltd and Intellectual Transport Management System, has been spent during the reporting period.
AZN 326.9 mln from AZN 775 mln, allocated on the basis of interstate agreement for realization of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway construction project, has been spent during 2007-2012. Of these, AZN 47.1 mln has been spent in Q1, 2012.
APA