EXPO heritage: this year several projects will be started in Almaty for reducing the environmental burden

The head of the city noted the importance of timely and high-quality implementation of these projects within the legacy of EXPO-2017 and the city initiative "50 projects-drivers for development of Almaty", since they not only attract the latest innovative technologies, create new jobs, but they will further reduce the environmental load on the environment of the city.

The Kazakh-German company FalconEuroBus is building a vehicle fleet and a plant for the production of third-generation electric vehicles. For today, the construction of an assembly and painting shop with an area of 7 thousand square meters, a covered parking lot and storage facilities is being completed. At the initial stage, the localization of production will reach 20% with a subsequent increase in the share. The volume of private investment in the project is about 15 billions tenge.

During the working tour the governor visited the construction site of a new waste sorting complex with the capacity of 550 thousand tons of solid household waste per year. At the moment, the laying of the roof of the building is completed and the communications are being completed. In the near future, start-up works of already installed Italian equipment will begin.

Within the framework of the implemented project, an integrated waste management system will be implemented, including the process of collecting, transporting and sorting solid waste. It is planned to release about 50 thousand tons of secondary raw materials, while only safe inert and biodegradable materials will be sent to the landfill to be recycled. The construction of the facility is carried out through private investment.

Until the end of the year, it is planned to complete the construction of a new communal bus fleet designed to service 200 passenger buses on gas. Work has already been completed on the fabrication and installation of metal structures of the main building and the filling station. The foundations of storage facilities and sinks are flooded. The carrier Green Bus Company is considering the issue of purchasing a rolling stock on gas.