On August 28 2018 Mr. Mario DiMaio, the Alternate Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Shane Rosenthal, ADB Country Director for Armenia, Mr. Vazgen Petrosyan, Interim General Director of the "Transport Project Implementation Organization" SNCO, visited the Tranche 2 of the North-South Road Corridor.

The representatives of the ADB inspected the ongoing construction work, they discussed issues related to the quality of road construction and the quality of road construction cement. They also met and talked to scientists who worked at Tranche 2. The scientists have been involved in the construction of the North-South Road Corridor by the initiative of the "Transport Project Implementation Organization" SNCO. They should work to improve the quality of road construction cement.