The foundation of Rize-Artvin Airport, which was designed by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure on an area of ​​1000 hectares in Yeşilköy, in the Pazar district of Rize, was laid by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 3, 2017.Sea filling continues in the area where materials are transported day and night by trucks for the airport.In the construction of the airport, where approximately 120 thousand tons of filling is made per day, the construction of the terminal buildings continues with these works.Stones transported by trucks from the quarries of Kanlımezra, which is 3 kilometers away from the project site, and Tektaş, which is 7 kilometers away, are poured into the sea via the connection road.FILLING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DIVERSThe inner area of ​​the breakwater will be approximately 2 million square meters and a total of 2 million 400 thousand square meters of sea filling will be made.The sea fill area, which has an average depth of 16.5 to 18 meters, is filled up to a depth of 28 meters.Filling works are carried out under the supervision of divers, according to current and wave calculations, after measurements with seismic devices under the sea.90 percent of the sea fill, which is equivalent to the height of a 10-storey building, has been completed.In the superstructure constructions of the airport, where the concrete pavement of the runways was started, the level of realization of 27 percent was reached.The infrastructure works of Rize-Artvin Airport, which is expected to be used by 3 million passengers a year, will cost 1 billion 78 million liras.'AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING WONDERFUL'Rize Governor Kemal Ceber stated that the construction at Rize-Artvin Airport continues rapidly and said, “We have entered the last level at the airport, and our construction continues very quickly.By the end of this year, we will open the airport and land our planes.91 million tons of 100 million tons of filling is finished.We have reached 27 percent in the superstructure.Now silhouettes of buildings are visible.When you examine the technical details at the airport, we see what a great engineering marvel we are dealing with.Another layer of the material we stepped on will be laid on the track, and then asphalt work will begin.3 thousand meters of track and will be asphalted in this way.We learn on-site how detailed is the laying of the material, which we call 'Geogrid', which does not dissolve in nature and which in a sense bundles this asphalt and is used here for the first time."FILLER EQUIVALENT TO 10-STOREY BUILDING HEIGHTEmphasizing that many engineering techniques were used for the first time at Rize-Artvin Airport, Governor Ceber said, “The depth of our airport is higher than the average sea-filled airports.The average depth of Rize-Artvin Airport, which is completely sea-filled, is between 16.5 and 18 meters, this is a very serious height, and the deepest is 27-28 meters, that is, we are filling in the size of a 10-storey apartment.We have to use very special techniques for this.You have to take precautions against all kinds of currents and all kinds of waves at the bottom of the sea.For this, very special seismic devices are used, the bottom of the sea is embroidered like embroidery.In other words, we do not bring the stone and soil from those mountains and fill it here.We use special materials according to the place.Gradually, we use filling materials according to its size.We have concrete blocks used here for the first time.We manufacture these concrete blocks, with sizes ranging from 18 tons to 45 tons, at the factory here, on site.In fact, we have 2-3 factories in this airport.It is an airport that we can be proud of and present with honor," he said.'TOWER WILL BE A CUP OF TEA'Governor Ceber stated that the airport will open at the end of the year and said:“It is an airport that has all the features required in an international airport with a capacity of 3 million passengers and that the widest aircraft in the world can land at the moment.At the same time, we will reflect our city here, and we will use the symbols specific to our city at this airport.The entrance jewelry will be tea leaves, and the exterior of our terminal buildings will be symbols of the original Eastern Black Sea and Rize architecture.Our tower will be in the shape of a tea cup.We will have a tea museum inside our airport, we will have tea tasting places next to it, and we will use materials with symbols specific to our Rize in each area of ​​our airport, and it will be one of the most important promotion points for us as a province.Hopefully, by the end of the year, our plane will land.Our President is following him almost on a daily basis.Because it is a very important investment for both our region and our province.When we think of the Eastern Black Sea Region together with Trabzon, the place that will provide uninterrupted air transportation;we will provide it together with this airport.Our city will be able to overcome several levels in terms of trade, tourism, economy and social life."WARNING: All copyrights of the articles, news and photographs published on the www.dha.com.tr website belong to Demirören Ajans A.Ş.It cannot be used without permission, even by showing the source.