The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili attended the presentation of the new project of railway in Makhinjauri. The President of Georgia addressed the population holding the symbol of rail in his hand. During his speech he noted that this project would increase the number of employed people. He said that his major aim is to abolish poverty and have 100 percent of employment rate.
"It is my principle to do everything in order to have better live. You all deserve it. Batumi must be turned into the best city not only on Black Sea region, today it is like that already, but into a very comfortable city where we will have 100 percent of employment rate. It is possible, but we need all communications to be ready for that. This is why we need this railway, the highway etc. We are planning to start the construction of new bypass road to Batumi, this project will not only employ many people, but it will give us a chance to put the railway far away from the sea coast. We are planning to put the railway higher, up in the mountains and much space will be emptied for new resorts this way. This way there will be less traffic in the center of the city and on the other hand it will become much easier to get to Batumi, because this new road will only take 2 hours and 50 minutes. Besides these all we will have more chance to attract investments in Batumi. Batumi will really become a very rich city", the President of Georgia stated.
Due to this new project the railway line will move far away from seacoast and it will give a chance to Batumi to become the center of the region. The traffic of load and the number of passengers will increase; this is one of the very important factors for tourism. New railway line will be built together with French Railways and five thousand people will be employed on this project.