In his written statement, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu drew attention to the fact that Kocaeli is located on the route of important land, sea and railway transportation networks connecting Europe to Anatolia and the Middle East, “Its proximity to major metropolises, Black Sea and Marmara Being connected to the city has been a factor in the development of the city as an industry, trade, transportation and logistics center. used the phrase. Pointing out that Kandıra is an important tourist attraction center for Istanbul and Kocaeli, Karaismailoğlu emphasized that with the Food and Specialized Organized Industrial Zone to be implemented in Kandıra for the first time in Turkey, the economic potential of the region based on agriculture and animal husbandry is expected to increase. Karaismailoğlu, who stated that there was a serious increase in traffic volume especially in summer with the addition of daily traffic density, made the following assessments: “The Izmit-Kandıra-Kaynarca road was designed as a 58.9 kilometer long, ‘2×2 lane’, bituminous hot mix paved divided road. As TEM Otogar K-1 Köprülü Junction, we offered the 4.2 kilometer section, the 3-kilometer Çubuklubala-Çubuklu Osmaniye variant and the 4-kilometer Prison variant to the service of our citizens. 6 different level intersections were made With the works carried out this year, we completed the 6-kilometer section of the road between Çayırköy and Çubuklubala and opened a total of 17.2 kilometers. In the opened sections, there are 8 bridges of 1046 meters in length, 6 underpasses of 264 meters, 47 culverts of 4 thousand 86 meters, and 6 different level intersections: TEM Otogar K1, Gölkent, Çubuklubala, Çubuklu Osmaniye, Prison Entrance, Prison Exit intersections. “High standard connection will be provided between ports and facilities” Karaismailoğlu underlined that with the project, İzmit, the central district of the city, will be connected to the Kandıra district and the tourism centers along the Black Sea coast via the Ağva-Kandıra-Kaynarca-Karasu route in a divided road standard. shared the information that the link will be provided. Travel time is reduced to 40 minutes Karaismailoğlu stated that the project is important as it is one of the main routes connecting the “North Marmara Motorway”, “Şile-Ağva-Kandıra-Kaynarca-Karasu D020 axis”, “TEM Highway and D-100 State Road”. It relieves the traffic volume of the route, which serves heavy traffic, especially heavy vehicles. With the entire project put into service, the route will be shortened by 1.2 kilometers. Travel time will be reduced from 60 minutes to 40 minutes. Thus, 84 million liras of time and 25.2 million liras of fuel oil will be reduced annually. A total of 109.2 million liras will be saved, and carbon emissions will be reduced by 5 thousand 356 tons.