East Kazakhstan is a leader in road reconstruction

The Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov, within the framework of his working trip to East Kazakhstan region, jointly with Akim of the region Danial Akhmetov inspected the progress of the project on the construction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk-Taldykorgan, Kalbatau-Maikapchagai highway.

A 763-kilometer highway will bypass the settlements of Ayagoz, Shynkozh and Ushbik in East Kazakhstan region, and Koylyk in Almaty region.

3 contracting organizations - CITIC Cinstruction Co. Ltd. LLP, K-Dorstroy LLP and Todini Central Asia LLP are involved in the road reconstruction works.

The project manager for one of the road sections of K-Dorstroy LLP Valery Zhumagazinov said that new techniques were used during the reconstruction, the climate of East Kazakhstan was taken into account when developing the project.

- We started to implement the project in 2017. First of all we performed design and survey works. Last year, construction and installation work began. We focus on

this year. Without repair, this road will be in good condition only 8-10 years, ”said the project manager.

Even the introduction of the state of emergency due to the coronavirus did not stop the works.

By the end of 2020, it is planned to open traffic throughout the highway.

- Today the country invests a huge amount of money in road construction. This year in Kazakhstan we are repairing 4,000 km of local roads. By 2021 we must complete 2.600 km. By the way, East Kazakhstan is a leader in road reconstruction. It is good that road construction also provides a huge number of jobs”, said Beibit Atamkulov, the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development.

It is planned to complete the reconstruction of the Ust-Kamenogorsk-Taldykorgan highway in 2021.

KazGerStroy SP LLP and the Kazakhstan branch of the Chinese company SinSin are repairing the Kalbatau-Maikapchagai highway section. The total length of the reconstructed road section is 415 kilometers. The new road will halve travel time and increase throughput.

The reconstruction is to be completed in 2022.