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STORY
The tie between Georgia’s crumbling roads and its moribund economy
is a link increasingly cited by the Saakashvili administration. Fix the
one, and you give the other a chance for a comeback, the reasoning goes.
Headlining the promised road projects is a $3.2 billion autobahn-style
superhighway that would link the Black Sea port city of Poti with the
Azerbaijani border –- and move Georgian transportation into the
21st century.
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PROMISES vs. RESULTS
The government has made overhauling regional transportation networks a
key – and costly – priority, but how fast can policy
translate into reality?
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AT A GLANCE
Population: 494,300 (2002)
Size: 6,528 sq km
Main Town: Rustavi (pop:142,000)
Average salary: 131 GEL (about $72) per month
Archaeologists have found the oldest known human remains outside of
Africa in Kvemo Kartli.
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