Maslikhat deputies approved Almaty budget for 2019

Today, for all socio-economic indicators in the city, there is a positive trend. For 10 months, the economy grew by 3.2%. Industrial output increased by 2.8%, construction volume by 4.7%, housing construction by 21%, investment by 17.8%. The city budget collected 13.7% more taxes than the same period last year. Almost 30 thousand jobs were created at the expense of state support measures. For the first time in many years, unemployment rates showed a decline, reaching 5.2%.

“Global changes are taking place in the world, technologies are rapidly changing. It is the megacities that generate innovation and technological breakthroughs, becoming the center of attraction for investments. As the Head of State says that there is global competition for investment, innovation, and creative people. We must make Almaty a competitive, economically sustainable, safe and comfortable city. To do this, the city must be provided with an annual economic growth of at least 5% on average, an increase in the GRP per capita over 15 years by 1.5, and over 30 years - by 3 times. On the instructions of the Head of State, together with the international consultants of HATCH, the Master Plan of Almaty until 2050 will be prepared early next year, ”said Bauyrzhan Baybek.

The governor of Almaty noted that the key condition is a systematic change in the structure of the economy. The analysis shows that with the growth of IT technologies and e-commerce, there is already a tendency to a contraction of trade and the financial sector. This is 42% of the Almaty economy. To this end, in the metropolitan area they intend to ensure the flow of labor into the highly intelligent sectors and tourism.

“On the instructions of the Head of the State, the Almaty Almaty Plan Development Institute was created, which will directly deal with the implementation of the Master Plan. The city will not develop more spontaneously. According to the “people to infrastructure” principle, promising areas of development will be defined, where, according to the polycentric approach, comfortable construction with all infrastructure, public spaces and leisure facilities with 20-minute walking distance to work and school will be provided. Digital technologies will be widely used in the city administration. A platform has already been created for the Situation Center, where 20 urban systems are integrated. Formed big data. Real-time analysis of automobile and pedestrian flows, regularity of public transport, workload of kindergartens and schools, the city budget, as well as monitoring more than 1,200 city development indicators are being conducted, ”said the head of the city.

The approved budget for 2019 retains a predominantly social focus. Almost 40% of the real disposable budget is provided for this area. So, seismic strengthening of eight more and construction of three new schools is planned. 38 ambulances and more than 800 units of medical equipment will be procured. 6 billion tenge was allocated for social assistance for socially vulnerable groups of population, which is 16% more compared to 2018. It is planned to double the coverage of retirees in order to involve them in the active life of the city. The implementation of the projects “Sports Almaty” and “Sport in my yard” will be continued, covering more than 400 thousand citizens.

In turn, the development of public transport and infrastructure remains one of the main priorities of the city. According to the head of the city, it is necessary to provide high quality service of citizens by affordable transport. Grants will receive only those carriers that provide good quality services and update the fleet. In general, over 3 years, more than 1,100 new buses have been purchased. The construction of two metro stations and the purchase of eight new trains are continuing, which will reduce the traffic interval and increase the daily passenger traffic to 86 thousand people.

In 2019, 22.6 km of roads will be built in five microdistricts and an average repair of 170 km of roads is carried out. The construction of three junctions will continue as part of the formation of a small transport ring.

In order to create a comfortable urban environment, over the past two years, 60% of the historic center has been modernized. In 2019, according to the “City for People” principle, the arrangement of new pedestrian areas is planned, including on the streets of Zhibek Zholy, Baiseitova and Tole bi. Seven districts will be reconstructed along the same street with the expansion of sidewalks, the installation of modern street furniture, as well as overhaul of five and routine repairs of nine parks and squares.

The following year will also continue large-scale landscaping. Today, every third yard has been repaired; almost half of them are not in the central regions. If this year 575 yards were equipped, in 2019 at least 600 more yards will be modernized.

In the framework of PPP in the next few years will be a complete modernization of street lighting. Already replaced 30% of the lamps on the LED. On the new streets, not only roads are lit, but also sidewalks. From 2019, decorative floral and vertical gardening will be carried out, over 12 thousand trees and shrubs will be planted.

To protect against mudslides, in 2019 the first stage of implementation of the first stage of the digital system of the monitoring station of moraine lakes will begin.