When will work begin on the tourist attraction at the Enguri dam?

The project to build a tourist attraction at the Enguri HPP dam was first announced in the spring of 2017.

The project to build a tourist attraction at the Enguri HPP dam was first announced in the spring of 2017.

As the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia said at the time, the design work was to last one year, after which physical works would begin on the territory of the arch dam.

As Nugzar Khaindrava, projects management director of the Georgian Energy Development Fund, which is implementing the project, told BM.GE, the socio-economic study of the project was carried out in 2019 by Colliers International Georgia, and the alternatives now prepared are being compared and financing schemes for the project discussed.

The first stage envisages building a zipline and a viewing platform; construction of these facilities is planned to begin in the fourth quarter of 2020 and to open in the third quarter of 2021,” Nugzar Khaindrava told BM.GE.

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