Bakan Abdulkadir Uraloğlu: Ensuring Turkey's Road Safety with Steel Grid Nets

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu provided information about the steel grid net applications carried out by the General Directorate of Highways (KGM) on steep and rocky slopes at risk of rockfall. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu stated that they minimize risks with the steel grid net application in mountains and steep slopes where there is a risk of rockfall on highways. He said, "We work all around Turkey, in the north, south, east, west, regardless of mountains and hills. Besides highways, bridges, tunnels, and viaducts, we fence the slopes and rocks with steel grid nets to ensure safe passage and protect our citizens on our roads located in different geographies." Abdulkadir Uraloğlu emphasized that a total of 4,596,980 square meters of steel grid application has been made on the road network under the responsibility of KGM nationwide, equivalent to approximately 640 football fields. He pointed out that the highest steel grid applications were made in Trabzon 10th Regional Directorate with 587,000 square meters of steel wire net and 693,000 square meters of ring net. Uraloğlu also stated, "A total of 764,250 square meters of steel grid application has been made on the road network under Kastamonu 15th Regional Directorate. Kastamonu 15th Regional Directorate road network became the second region with the highest steel wire net application in this field." Providing detailed information about steel net applications in other regional directorates and provinces, Abdulkadir Uraloğlu concluded, "We ensure the road safety of Turkey with steel grid nets. In this context, a total of 30,000 square meters of steel grid net will be laid by the end of 2024."