Overview
- City road officials and the project consultant said work began March 15 and asserted the river’s main channel will not be altered and the ecosystem will be safeguarded after the environmental review was approved late 2025 to February 2026.
- Detailed assessment figures estimate 43.2 hectares along the 32‑km route will be affected, including roughly 10 hectares of trees and shrubs, with about 1.5 billion MNT budgeted for rehabilitation and a restoration window running 2026–2030.
- Contractor representatives said 10.5 hectares require tree clearance, a total of 118 hectares will be restored, guidance from water experts is being finalized, and the road is slated for handover in 2028.
- Residents rallied at Marshal Bridge arguing the scheme is costly, opaque and won’t ease central congestion, claiming it will mainly serve transit traffic and citing an estimated 2.3 trillion MNT outlay.
- A government taskforce moved to revoke licences of companies accused of illegal gold mining in Selenge’s Eröö sum, the prime minister pressed for full enforcement of the ‘polluter pays’ principle on water fees, and authorities restricted motorcycle, moped and scooter road use until April 10 after a March 19 crash; separately, wires reported Iran’s missile strike toward Dimona that wounded 33 and a South Korean auto‑parts factory fire that killed 14 and injured about 60.