ROADS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE COMPLETELY UPDATED IN THE TURKESTAN REGION

Governor of the region Umirzak Shukeyev visited Maktaaral and Zhetysay districts to get acquainted with the progress of road repairs of national and regional significance. It should be noted that the state of roads in the southern regions of Turkestan region has reached a good and satisfactory level from 52% to 90% over the year.

"About a million people live in Maktaaral, Zhetysay, Shardara, Keles, and Saryagash districts along the border. Last year, when preparing a Comprehensive development plan for the region, we decided to pay more attention to these areas. Since then, a lot of work has been done in these densely populated areas. The first problem is the roads. At the beginning of last year, the level of roads that were in satisfactory condition was 52%. In almost a year, the level of roads of national and local significance, as well as between villages in good condition, reached 90%. The second important point is infrastructure. Systematic work is being carried out to provide the population with drinking water, natural gas, Sewerage and heat supply. Moreover, appropriate work will be carried out on housing issues as planned, " governor of the region Umirzak Shukeyev said during an interview with media representatives.

We remind that this year the average repair was planned for 6 sections, currently repair work has already been completed on 5 sections with a length of 88 km. In particular, major and medium repairs were carried out on the A-15 highway "Zhizak-Gagarin-Zhetysay-Kirov-Kyzylasker-Abay-Saryagash-Zhibek Zholy" with a length of 63 km, on the access road to the village of Atakent, on the highway "Samara-Shymkent" with a length of 11 km. A 22 km section of the Gulistan access road will also be repaired by the end of the year.

In General, it is planned to repair 130 km of roads in Maktaaral and Zhetysay districts. By the end of the year, work on the "Ulguli-Taubai ata" and "Yntaly-Firdousi" highways will be fully completed. In addition, repair work is nearing completion on the 19.9 km long "Zhetysay-Maktaly" highway of regional significance. Among the roads that are planned to be completed in 2021 is the Kh-8 highway, which originates in the Shardarinsky district. Half of this route connects the border of Uzbekistan with the settlements of Shardara, Arys and Temirlan, it will be put into operation this year, the other half-between the village of Koksu in Shardara district and the city of Arys next year.

Press service of the governor of Turkestan region