'Third Bridge in Istanbul\r'

'The original bridge deck over Ä°stanbul’s Bosporus was the BoÄŸaziçi Bridge, which was opened in 1973 by then-President Fahri Korutürk, composition the FSM began operating in 1988 when Turgut Ãzal was prime minister. The Turkish authorities announced plans to construct a troika bridge over the Bosphorus.The bid of the future bridge has non been obstinate yet. The tierce bridge is expected to touch a highway starting in the Western province of Tekirdağ’s Kınalı with a nonher highway starting from the PaÅŸaköy neighborhood in Ä°stanbul’s Asian side.\r\nThe minister said the organisation expects a sufficient amount of work to utilize the r come one once it is finalized. Experts explicit mixed feelings about the proposal of the Tarabya-Beykoz route, normality of the two existing tie .Some argued it would mitigate the area. Supporters of the new bridge also vocalize it exit make Turkey an principal(prenominal) transportat ion corridor. They point to other highways that mystify crossed the three self-aggrandisingst pissing reservoirs of Istanbul as evidence that mega infrastructure projects can be built safely(2009).\r\nHowever others argued that a trine bridge would threaten the infixed resources of Istanbul and was not a real solution to the citys relations problem because it allow encourage to a greater extent people to use cars, increase Istanbuls continuing work problem, the fumes of the traffic lead pollute the forests and kill the natural action there and also damage favorable life and bring new sparing problems.\r\nThe politics argued about reducing the Istanbul’s traffic problems thus far there is a fact that it bequeath require its take traffic.There are 3.3 million motor vehicles on road in the region that the northwest Marmara project covers.Land transportation shoulders 87 pct of Ä°stanbul’s mass transportation burden.The presidency officals stated that the bridge would be all important(p) for easing the city’s traffic congestion(2010).However all scientific stuides show that bridges increase the traffic load. It get out crap its own traffic potential.\r\nThe solution only may be developing customary transportation on rails. This plan does not exist rail traffic. More cars will be sold and added to the existing load. The government claimed that third bridge will not damage the nature however galore(postnominal) experts preotested the third bridge because after the mental synthesis many parts of forests won’t be existed anymore. Some of Ä°stanbul’s gravid forestry areas are along the third bridge route.Belgrade Forest, Fatih Forest and the Polonezköy.\r\nThe project is expected to be finalized with little damage to these sites but destroying ample parts of the Belgrade Forest, crossing the Bosporus at one if its picturesque locations, a bulky waste of money for building a highway far from the cit y through with(predicate) uninhabited territory will be a murdery.It is clearly known that the third bridge would start a large damage to forest lands on some(prenominal) sides of Istanbul, on the green lands of Kocaeli and Thrace Peninsulas.\r\nAll the forests in the North which serve as oxygen generating areas, as breathing lungs of the City will be under great riskiness due to the bridge and its connection roadstead construction. An area about as large as the Belgrade Forest would be damaged as a declaration of the third bridge construction activities, as it is stated by the authorities that the third bridge and its highways will be conjugated to the Black Sea Coastal way which has done great harm to the natural Black Sea Coastline(2008).\r\nIt is claimed that the bridge will contribute to the city economically however this means more unemployment and more homelessness.The government argue that this infrastructure project would create massive investment and jobs and tackl e change magnitude unemployment rates(2010).The main aim of this 6-billion-dollar project is to personal line of credit money into the car, logistics and construction sectors. This money comes out of Istanbulites’ pockets and they will pay the cost in terms of reduced living standards.\r\nThe bottled water that they drink wil become more expensive, and the air they breathe more polluted. Bu they need both(prenominal) to live.Istanbuls population is already five multiplication of what this area can cope with. With a new bridge, the population will increase. This will mean more unemployment and more homelessness. â€Å"The mental institution of the third bridge will be the death of Istanbul,” said Dr. Pr. Murat Cemal Yalçıntan of Mimar Sinan University in an interview(2010).\r\n'