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Nov 4, 2008 (newstodate): The recent military conflict with Russia entailed heavy damages on the country's transportation infrastructure.
The joint needs assessment report, drawn up by the World Bank-led assessment team prior to the donors' conference in Brussels, estimated costs from direct damages inflicted on the road infrastructure at USD 18 mio USD, on railways four mio USD, on ports one mio USD, and on aviation 38 mio USD.
Costs to repair damages in the aviation sector mainly comprise the loss of an aviation radar, and the need to rehabilitate the Tbilisi airport runway.
The joint needs assessment report, drawn up by the World Bank-led assessment team prior to the donors' conference in Brussels, estimated costs from direct damages inflicted on the road infrastructure at USD 18 mio USD, on railways four mio USD, on ports one mio USD, and on aviation 38 mio USD.
Costs to repair damages in the aviation sector mainly comprise the loss of an aviation radar, and the need to rehabilitate the Tbilisi airport runway.