Where will the old lighting poles be removed in Almaty

This year, more than 700 lighting poles with LED lamps are being replaced along the renewed Abay, Ablai khan and Nazarbayev avenues.They reduce energy consumption by 30% and have a long service life.

At the same time, all the dismantled pillars are installed on 15 streets of the Alatau district, where there were no outdoor lighting lines at all. 195 pillars have already been transferred to the streets of Aksay and Utemisov.

In general, at the end of the year in Almaty more than 24 thousand lamps or 31.5% will be replaced with energy-saving and LED lighting. Design estimate documentation has been developed for the modernization of another 266 km of outdoor lighting.

In addition, new lighting was installed in almost 1,400 renovated Almaty yards.

At the same time, the installation of architectural illumination of the city’s iconic historical sites continues. New flowers on the eve of the building played the hotel "Kazakhstan" and the entrance arch of the Central Park of Culture and Rest.

It should be mentioned that in order to create a single architectural style of illumination of buildings, structures and landscape over the past two years, about 130 city facilities have been highlighted in Almaty.

Among them are the Palace of the Republic, the Monument of Independence, the Memorial of Glory, the Kok-Tobe TV tower, the Abay Theater and Operators Theater, the Auezov and Lermontov Theaters, the museums of Kasteyev and Ykhlas folk instruments, the Central Mosque and the Holy Ascension Cathedral. In this case, all projects are implemented at the expense of extra-budgetary funds.

It should be noted that one of the key areas in the new Address of the Head of State is the focus on solving the problems of urban women and urban development.

In Almaty, in order to create a comfortable urban environment, two-thirds of the historic center of the city have been reconstructed, 524 streets and almost 1,400 old courtyards have been repaired. Replaced 300 km of channels and more than 800 km of utilities. Updated all subways of the city. Until the end of the year, the share of new public transport will be increased to 80%.