Highways of Kazakhstan are ready to pass flood waters by 97%

Since the beginning of March, on a daily basis, the country's road services have been patrolling roads of national importance.

 

Thus, 288 dangerous sections, 52 bridges and 717 culverts were taken under control. Special attention is paid to roads in the 6 regions most prone to flood, these are: Akmola, East Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Pavlodar, Kostanay and North Kazakhstan regions.

 

Particularly, in the Akmola region, 53 road sections, 114 pipes, as well as 18 bridges where there is a threat of overflow, are taken under special control. In addition, 688 pipes were opened. Specialists conduct daily monitoring of 2 dams along the roads “Access to the Vyacheslav Reservoir” 14 km and “Makinsk-Aksu-Torgay” 189 km.

 

In the East Kazakhstan region, 12 road sections, 23 pipes, where there is a threat of overflow, were taken under control. Completion of work on the opening of 2040 pipes.

 

In the Karaganda region, 39 road sections, 400 pipes and 16 bridges are monitored. Road workers conducted the work on the opening of more than 1300 culverts. In addition, daily monitoring of the dam of the Sherubay-Nurinsky reservoir, located 8 km from the national road Kyzylorda-Pavlodar, km 871. It is worth noting that, after flood damage in 2019, the bridge was overhauled at km 164-167.

 

Road services monitor 31 sections of roads and 13 pipes in the Kostanay region. Here, work on the opening of 675 pipes was fully completed. A bridge was built last year on a section of km 714-716 of the Yekaterinburg-Almaty highway to prevent overflows, and additional culverts were installed on three sections of the road.

 

In the Pavlodar region, 5 road sections and 5 pipes are under control, and 462 culverts are open. In order to eliminate the consequences of destruction on the section of km 100-105 of the Kalkaman-Bayanaul highway, the construction of the bridge has begun.

 

In the North Kazakhstan region, 37 dangerous areas, 38 pipes and 2 bridges under the threat of flooding are monitored. The work on opening 582 pipes was completed.