Construction Begins on Grain Overpass at IKP to Expedite Essential Goods Clearance

Construction has begun on new access roads and an overpass for grain trucks at Imam Khomeini Port Complex (IKP) to improve traffic flow and enhance safety at the country’s largest commercial port.

this infrastructure project, which is being implemented with a credit of 2 trillion rials, is considered a significant step toward optimizing the supply chain of essential goods and facilitating the movement of road and rail transport fleets.

Behrouz Aghaei, the Director General of Ports and Maritime of Khuzestan Province, announcing this news, described the implementation of this project as one of the pioneering and transformative plans in the field of port infrastructure and stated: "The Imam Khomeini Port Complex, as the main gateway for the entry of the country's essential goods, needed a continuous review and modernization of its communication arteries. With the planning carried out, the construction of new access routes and overpass bridges above the existing rail maneuvering lines will manage the heavy traffic of this area in a safe and systematic manner."

Referring to the financial and temporal dimensions of this project, the Director General of Ports and Maritime of Khuzestan Province added: "This construction project has been defined with a credit of 20,000 billion rials and an executive horizon of 24 months. The port management's approach is that, by utilizing domestic engineering capability, development projects will be brought to completion with the highest standards and in the shortest possible time, so that the port's operational productivity is further enhanced."

Aghaei noted: "With the solidarity and efforts of the operational forces, the first part of the project, including the complete construction of the buildings and the equipped workshop areas, has been completed. Currently, executive operations including excavation, groundwork, preparation of ramps, and the construction of the bodies of the overpass bridges are being pursued, and the widening of the related roads will proceed in parallel."