The Minister inspected the progress of road works in Almaty, Zhambyl and East Kazakhstan regions

In Kazakhstan, in 2020 it is planned to open traffic for 2600 km of roads, such a task was set by the Head of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the branch ministry. Today, full-scale work is underway at construction and reconstruction facilities. Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development Beibut Atamkulov reviewed the progress in their implementation in three regions of the country.

 

The first object to visit was the reconstruction sites of the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk highway in the East Kazakhstan and Almaty regions. The road is strategically important for the development of the country's tourism potential, as it passes near the resort area of Lake Alakol. This year, it is planned to open traffic throughout the highway, which will correspond to 1 and 2 technical categories.

 

Another project that will help increase the tourist flow in the region is the reconstruction of the Usharal-Dostyk highway leading to the border with China. Upon completion of the work, it is planned to increase not only the number of tourists, but also the amount of cargo transportation by road.

 

This year, traffic will be opened on 60 km of the highway. Another project that will open prospects for the region is the reconstruction of the Kalbatau-Maykapshagay road. 415 km of track will be available for travel in 2020. This will increase mobility between settlements and open an additional transit corridor to China from eastern Kazakhstan. The road will be transferred from the third technical category to the second with two-lane traffic.

 

In the Almaty region, the minister visited the reconstruction section of the Almaty-Bishkek highway - km 16-19 of the Altyn Orda market district, where construction and installation works are apace. Previously, the road could not cope with the large traffic flow coming from border settlements in Almaty and back. After the opening of the traffict in 2020, this issue will be resolved.

 

In addition, the section of the Almaty-Bishkek km 18 + 700 residential complex Asyl Arman was inspected, where today work is underway to establish the foundation of the overpass, and the reconstruction of the border of the Russian Federation (to Yekaterinburg) - Almaty (km 42 - 49 ) bypassing Shamalgan station". Today, there are full-scale construction and installation works. The overpass will correspond to the first technical category.

 

Another object of the Minister’s visit was the reconstruction sites of the Uzynagash-Otar road in the Almaty and Zhambyl regions. According to the results of the year, it is planned to open traffic for 56 km. The minister also checked out the reconstruction of the Kordai checkpoint. For the duration of the work, vehicles are allowed to pass through the points “Karasu”, “Sortobe” and “Auhatti”. Citizens of the two countries will be able to go through the renewed checkpoint at the end of this year. After the reconstruction, the capacity of Korday will increase to 50 thousand people per day.

 

Several more large-scale projects are also being implemented in the region - the reconstruction of the Merke-Burylbaytal, Kurty-Burylbaytal and Balkhash-Burylbaytal roads. Today, large-scale construction work is underway at the facilities. Projects link the southern and central regions of the country and will contribute to the growth of transit and tourism potential. At 262 km of the Merke-Burylbaital road, traffic will be opened this year. After reconstruction of the Kurty-Burylbaytal and Balkhash-Burylbaytal routes from Almaty, the city of Balkhash can be reached in 4-5 hours.

 

Recall that this year the construction and reconstruction covered 4 thousand kilometers of republican roads, 2.6 thousand kilometers of which it is planned to open traffic.

 

For reference:

 

General Contractor for Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk km 287-685 is CITIC Construction Co., LTD. 1541 people have been mobilized at the facility and 860 units of equipment have been involved. Since the beginning of the year, road workers have completed 673 thousand cubic meters of earthworks, work has been completed on 166 culverts and 23 bridges.

 

Reconstruction of the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk section of km 685-880 is carried out by K-Dorstroy. Since the beginning of the year, 143 thousand cubic meters of excavation work has been completed, and 44 culverts have been installed. The site involved 638 people and 320 units of equipment.

 

At the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk road reconstruction section, km 880-1073, the contractor is Todini Central Asia. The site involved 462 employees and 277 units of equipment.

 

Work on the Kalbatau-Maykapshagai section km 906-1090 is carried out by KazGerStroy JV LLP. Since the beginning of the year, 159 thousand cubic meters of earthworks have been carried out here, 6 km of crushed stone foundation and 1 km of the top layer of asphalt pavement have been arranged. A total of 467 people and 314 units of equipment are involved at the site.

 

On the section of the Kalbatau-Maykapshagai road, km 1090-1321, 768 people and 321 units of equipment are involved in construction works. The construction of bridge structures and work on the application of asphalt are carried out. The contractor is the China General Construction and Development Company, Xinxing.

 

The contractor for the Almaty-Bishkek reconstruction section, km 16-19, Altyn Orda market district, is Daulet-Dorstroy LLP. During the quarantine period, 117 people and 32 units of equipment have been involved at the site.

 

The Usharal-Dostyk road section, km 0-60, is being constructed by Kyran LLP. 96 units of equipment and 165 personnel have been mobilized there. The contractor for the second section is ABK Avtodor NS. 35 people work here and 22 pieces of equipment are mobilized. Work is scheduled for completion in 2021.

 

Reconstruction of the “Border of the Russian Federation (to Yekaterinburg) - Almaty (km 42 - 49) route bypassing the Shamalgan station” is carried out by a consortium of Todini JSC / SMS LLP. Today, the site is undergoing full-scale construction and installation work, in which 52 people and 25 units of equipment are involved.

 

In the reconstruction sections of the Uzynagash-Otar road, km 63-101 and km 143 - 159, 437 people have been mobilized and 215 units of equipment have been involved. The general contractors are the joint venture Kazakhdorstroy LLP and ABK-Avtodor NS.

 

The reconstruction of the Kordai checkpoint is being carried out by Dorstroy LLP. 14 units of equipment and 127 personnel have been mobilized.

 

On the section of the Merke-Burylbaital road, km 7-102, the China General Construction and Development Company Xinxing operates. At the facility, 461 people have been mobilized and 230 units of equipment have been involved. 363 thousand cubic meters of earthworks have been

completed, construction of 52 culverts has been completed, crushed stone sand gravel base on 4.3 km and 2 km of asphalt pavement has been placed.

 

The section of the Merke-Burylbaytal km 102-273 highway is being constructed by ABK-Avtodor NS LLP. Here, 478 thousand cubic meters of earthworks havebeen completed, the construction of 69 culverts has been completed.

 

Work on the Kurty-Burylbaital road section, km 2152-2214, is performed by Todini & SMS JV. The project employs 241 people and involves 138 units of equipment.