Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has confirmed that the remaining rehabilitation works on the Vake Park cascade will be completed with the involvement of foreign contractors, after no Georgian company was found capable of carrying out the project to the required technical standards.
Speaking at a session of the Tbilisi City Assembly, Kaladze said that while the broader rehabilitation of Vake Park has been implemented in several phases and is largely finished, the cascade remains in critical condition. He noted that repeated efforts to identify a qualified local contractor were unsuccessful, making international expertise necessary.
The mayor stated that Deputy Mayor Andria Basilia has been overseeing preparations for the next stage of the project, including coordination with foreign construction and design firms. The city expects this approach to ensure the full completion of the cascade rehabilitation in the coming years.
The cascade project was initially tendered in March, with LLC Dagi emerging as the sole bidder and winning the contract for GEL 31.8 million, significantly below the municipality’s maximum budget ceiling of GEL 47 million. Despite this, the project has not been fully completed.
Tbilisi City Hall has earmarked additional funding to finalize the works. Under the city’s preliminary 2026 budget, GEL 18 million has been allocated specifically for completing the Vake Park cascade rehabilitation.
