28 New Escalators for Main Thoroughfare in Ashgabat

A section of Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenue; photo by Kerri-Jo Stewart from Vancouver, Canada, for Wikipedia

City officials in Ashgabat, the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, the Central Asian country bordered by the Caspian Sea and largely covered by the Karakum Desert, have approved a plan to replace 28 escalators along a portion of Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenue, TURKMENPORTAL reports. Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenue is the main avenue and one of the largest thoroughfares in the city. Officials plan to invite bids on November 4 for contractors to dismantle the old escalators and install new ones.

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