70 kilometers of new roads to be built in Almaty

The road construction season has begun in Almaty. It is planned to carry out a medium repair of the road surface on 224 streets. The total length of the repaired roads will be 200 km.

This year, it is also planned to build 70 km of new roads in the Kairat, Almerek, Algabas, Akzhar and Shanyrak-1 microdistricts. This will bring the share of urban roads in good and satisfactory condition to 86%.

Сontractors and technical supervision have been identified, preparatory work is underway for road repair work on the streets of regional significance. The works have begun at 6 streets: Abay Ave, Aldanov, Aktobe, Semyatov streets, microdistrict Aksai-2, Airih st. with a total length of 5.9 km. Сity akim required that instead of repairing Al-Farabi Avenue, streets in the Shanyrak-1, Akbulak and Tastybulak microdistricts will be repaired.

Repair of such main streets as VOAD, Saina, Ryskulov, Raiymbek, Seifullin avenues and other busy city arteries is planned to begin after the end of May and to complete by August 30 of 2022.

Vision Zero concept prescribes that trapezoidal artificial bumps, safety capes, safety islands along the streets should be installed where there is a need to ensure the safe movement of vehicles and pedestrians.

Current repairs are carried out on the street and road network of the city. 12 brigades, 28 units of special equipment, 96 workers are involved in the work. On the main streets and in emergency areas, patching was carried out with a total area of ​​​​more than 15 thousand square meters. During the repair, 257 hatches were lifted and 421 meters of curb were straightened.

On behalf of Erbolat Dossayev, control over the quality of road construction work was strengthened in the city. Akim of Almaty instructed contractors to use the latest technologies and durable materials to extend the life of the road infrastructure. The National Center for the Quality of Road Assets was instructed to strengthen control over work not only on the main streets, but also on the streets of district significance.