PRIME MINISTER OF KAZAKHSTAN FAMILIARIZED WITH THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN TURKESTAN

During his working trip to the Turkestan region and Shymkent, Askar Mamin got acquainted with the operation of life support facilities, transport infrastructure, and the development of Turkestan.

In Turkestan, the Prime Minister monitored the development of the regional center. The Prime Minister got acquainted with the start of construction of a new international airport. The facility is located 16 km from the regional center and will be put into operation in December 2020. It is planned that the capacity of the terminal will be 3 million passengers per year.

Next, Askar Mamin inspected the development of the regional center and inspected the objects under construction for administrative, social, cultural and historical purposes. The head of government visited the construction sites of the regional akimat, media center, Congress hall, Nur-Sultan square, and public service center. Among the social facilities, Askar Mamin inspected the construction of sports and music schools, a tourist College, a stadium, palaces for schoolchildren and sports. In addition, he visited the buildings of the Kazakh drama theater under construction, the wedding Palace, as well as a Park with attractions, a musical fountain and an amphitheater.

In the historical and cultural center of the city, the Prime Minister inspected the progress of works on the construction of the Museum after H. A. Yassaui, center “Uly Dala Eli”, regional scientific universal library, the Eastern bathhouse, reconstruction of buildings of the National centre of artisans of the silk road, the visitor centre, restoration of historical sites of ancient settlement Kultobe. Later, the Prime Minister visited the construction sites of the new Park and the city Arbat.

In Shymkent, Askar Mamin visited the city's sewage treatment facilities, where he inspected the operation of the wastewater treatment system and the sludge processing complex for generating electric energy (a biogas plant).  At the end of the working trip, the Prime Minister visited the first bus Park "Shymkent Bus", where he reported on the organization of regular urban passenger transport and updating the rolling stock of local public transport.