The Upgraded Zhibek Zholy Border Checkpoint Will Significantly Increase Border Crossing Capacity

Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Zhandos Duisembiyev, together with the Akim of the Turkistan Region, Nuralkhan Kusherov, inspected the progress of the reconstruction of the Zhibek Zholy international passenger road border checkpoint on the Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border.

Following the modernization, the checkpoint will be able to process daily:

up to 70,000 passengers (previously 17,000);

up to 2,000 passenger vehicles (previously 400);

up to 200 buses (previously 20).

To achieve this, two modern passenger terminals are being constructed, high-tech customs and border control equipment and video surveillance systems are being installed, and a large inspection canopy for vehicles is being built.

A total of 270 construction workers are currently working on the site in two shifts.

Following the inspection, instructions were given to ensure strict control over the quality and construction schedule in order to complete the project on time.