From February 1 to February 3, 2024, the digital forum Digital Almaty 2024 “Industry X: the Digital Evolution of the Future” will be held in Almaty.
The Sixth Forum will bring together government officials from the SCO and EAEU countries, leading experts, and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas aimed at creating a new era of the digital industry. The Forum also includes Industry 4.0 Startup Battle - a large-scale battle for the title of the best industrial startup, an exhibition of Kazakhstan's largest subsoil users, technology parks, and technology companies that will share experience and information about projects in the IT ecosystem.
The Sixth Digital Almaty this year will present an extensive business program that will cover topics of digital transformation in the industry and innovative solutions in the areas of GovTech, Industry 4.0, ESG, Smart City, and others. The panel discussions will feature more than 200 speakers from international experts, industry leaders, and leading innovators in IT and business, who will share successful cases in the application of new technologies in the real sector of the economy and innovation. More than 30 thousand people are expected to attend the three-day digital event.
“The Digital Almaty International Forum annually brings together the world’s leading experts from 15 different countries. This year we will discuss the topic of the digital industry. The main share of GDP production in our country is made up of industry. In the new year, new digital solutions are needed that will help improve business processes in the economic sphere. The forum platform provides ample opportunities for the presentation and discussion of key trends, projects, and technologies in this industry,” said Bagdat Mussin, Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Recognized by world experts, Digital Almaty last year brought together more than 150 speakers who discussed digital mining, public administration, crypto exchanges, cybersecurity, education, and corporate innovation. The forum also became the platform for the first international championship in robotics and engineering projects, the Digital Ministry Cup, for schoolchildren. Winners from Kazakhstan, Russia, and Azerbaijan were selected in four categories. In addition, on the sidelines of the Forum, the Tech Garden Awards were held for the first time, where, based on the results of 2022, enterprises were awarded for the implementation of innovative projects in production processes.
The heads of government of the participating countries of the Eurasian Economic Union took part in the plenary session of the forum. The speakers discussed the development of sustainable digital infrastructure and new technologies in telecommunications. Digital Almaty has become a tradition and platform for discussions about the digital agenda of the EAEU countries. This year it takes on a new direction, focusing on “Industry X” – the digital evolution of the future.
Let us remind you that the organizers of Digital Almaty were the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akimat of Almaty, and the Autonomous Cluster Fund “Park of Innovative Technologies” (Tech Garden).
Follow the updates on the official website DigitalAlmaty.kz for detailed information and registration opportunities.
Venue: Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan Business Cooperation Center “Atakent”
Dates: February 1–3, 2024
For media accreditation: Lyazzat Sagyndykova, Ayim Nusip, +77077090052, a.nusip@techgarden.kz
Work continues on the reconstruction of the Nur-Sultan-Petropavlovsk highway section, the section of the entrance to the city of Kokshetau, km 282-289. The project provides for the transfer from the third to the 1st technical category with four-lane traffic.
In this road-building season, the general contractor, Kazakhdorstroy LLP, will have to complete the installation of 6.5 km of the full constructive structure on the right side and 6.5 km of the upper layer of pavement from crushed stone-mastic asphalt concrete on the left side of the road. To ensure traffic safety, 69 new road signs will be installed here, a metal barrier fence and road marking.
Last year, 6.5 km of the lower layer of coarse-grained asphalt concrete pavement was laid on the site in one direction, 10 culverts were installed and 3 km of snow protection fence were installed.
The site involved 39 units of road-construction equipment, 120 people, 60% of which are local people. To date, work is carried out ahead of schedule. The completion of the project is planned in the autumn of 2020.
Let us remind that the total length of the Nur-Sultan-Petropavlovsk highway is 324 km.
As part of his working trip to the Karaganda region, Prime Minister Askar Mamin inspected the implementation of the state programs Nurly Zhol and Nurly Zher.
The prime minister got acquainted with the reconstruction of the Karaganda – Balkhash highway with a total length of 363 km. The repair operations involved 1,800 workers and about 900 pieces of equipment.
This year it is planned to open traffic on new pavement along the entire length of the road, as well as to build 297 culverts, 17 bridges, two overpasses at the traffic intersection and 33 overpasses for the passage of agricultural machinery.
In total, in the framework of the Nurly Zhol State Program in the Karaganda region, road construction will cover over 800 km of roads.
The prime minister instructed to increase the pace of road construction and emphasized the importance of ensuring quality transport infrastructure.
In the city of Balkhash, Mamin familiarized himself with the construction of social housing as part of the Nurly Zher program, as well as with the project aimed at reconstructing the airport and increasing the tourist potential of the region.
The prime minister also visited the Balkhash smelter of Kazakhmys Smelting LLP, where he heard reports about the production process and plans for further development of the enterprise.
In Kazakhstan, in 2020 it is planned to open traffic for 2600 km of roads, such a task was set by the Head of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the branch ministry. Today, full-scale work is underway at construction and reconstruction facilities. Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development Beibut Atamkulov reviewed the progress in their implementation in three regions of the country.
The first object to visit was the reconstruction sites of the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk highway in the East Kazakhstan and Almaty regions. The road is strategically important for the development of the country's tourism potential, as it passes near the resort area of Lake Alakol. This year, it is planned to open traffic throughout the highway, which will correspond to 1 and 2 technical categories.
Another project that will help increase the tourist flow in the region is the reconstruction of the Usharal-Dostyk highway leading to the border with China. Upon completion of the work, it is planned to increase not only the number of tourists, but also the amount of cargo transportation by road.
This year, traffic will be opened on 60 km of the highway. Another project that will open prospects for the region is the reconstruction of the Kalbatau-Maykapshagay road. 415 km of track will be available for travel in 2020. This will increase mobility between settlements and open an additional transit corridor to China from eastern Kazakhstan. The road will be transferred from the third technical category to the second with two-lane traffic.
In the Almaty region, the minister visited the reconstruction section of the Almaty-Bishkek highway - km 16-19 of the Altyn Orda market district, where construction and installation works are apace. Previously, the road could not cope with the large traffic flow coming from border settlements in Almaty and back. After the opening of the traffict in 2020, this issue will be resolved.
In addition, the section of the Almaty-Bishkek km 18 + 700 residential complex Asyl Arman was inspected, where today work is underway to establish the foundation of the overpass, and the reconstruction of the border of the Russian Federation (to Yekaterinburg) - Almaty (km 42 - 49 ) bypassing Shamalgan station". Today, there are full-scale construction and installation works. The overpass will correspond to the first technical category.
Another object of the Minister’s visit was the reconstruction sites of the Uzynagash-Otar road in the Almaty and Zhambyl regions. According to the results of the year, it is planned to open traffic for 56 km. The minister also checked out the reconstruction of the Kordai checkpoint. For the duration of the work, vehicles are allowed to pass through the points “Karasu”, “Sortobe” and “Auhatti”. Citizens of the two countries will be able to go through the renewed checkpoint at the end of this year. After the reconstruction, the capacity of Korday will increase to 50 thousand people per day.
Several more large-scale projects are also being implemented in the region - the reconstruction of the Merke-Burylbaytal, Kurty-Burylbaytal and Balkhash-Burylbaytal roads. Today, large-scale construction work is underway at the facilities. Projects link the southern and central regions of the country and will contribute to the growth of transit and tourism potential. At 262 km of the Merke-Burylbaital road, traffic will be opened this year. After reconstruction of the Kurty-Burylbaytal and Balkhash-Burylbaytal routes from Almaty, the city of Balkhash can be reached in 4-5 hours.
Recall that this year the construction and reconstruction covered 4 thousand kilometers of republican roads, 2.6 thousand kilometers of which it is planned to open traffic.
For reference:
General Contractor for Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk km 287-685 is CITIC Construction Co., LTD. 1541 people have been mobilized at the facility and 860 units of equipment have been involved. Since the beginning of the year, road workers have completed 673 thousand cubic meters of earthworks, work has been completed on 166 culverts and 23 bridges.
Reconstruction of the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk section of km 685-880 is carried out by K-Dorstroy. Since the beginning of the year, 143 thousand cubic meters of excavation work has been completed, and 44 culverts have been installed. The site involved 638 people and 320 units of equipment.
At the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk road reconstruction section, km 880-1073, the contractor is Todini Central Asia. The site involved 462 employees and 277 units of equipment.
Work on the Kalbatau-Maykapshagai section km 906-1090 is carried out by KazGerStroy JV LLP. Since the beginning of the year, 159 thousand cubic meters of earthworks have been carried out here, 6 km of crushed stone foundation and 1 km of the top layer of asphalt pavement have been arranged. A total of 467 people and 314 units of equipment are involved at the site.
On the section of the Kalbatau-Maykapshagai road, km 1090-1321, 768 people and 321 units of equipment are involved in construction works. The construction of bridge structures and work on the application of asphalt are carried out. The contractor is the China General Construction and Development Company, Xinxing.
The contractor for the Almaty-Bishkek reconstruction section, km 16-19, Altyn Orda market district, is Daulet-Dorstroy LLP. During the quarantine period, 117 people and 32 units of equipment have been involved at the site.
The Usharal-Dostyk road section, km 0-60, is being constructed by Kyran LLP. 96 units of equipment and 165 personnel have been mobilized there. The contractor for the second section is ABK Avtodor NS. 35 people work here and 22 pieces of equipment are mobilized. Work is scheduled for completion in 2021.
Reconstruction of the “Border of the Russian Federation (to Yekaterinburg) - Almaty (km 42 - 49) route bypassing the Shamalgan station” is carried out by a consortium of Todini JSC / SMS LLP. Today, the site is undergoing full-scale construction and installation work, in which 52 people and 25 units of equipment are involved.
In the reconstruction sections of the Uzynagash-Otar road, km 63-101 and km 143 - 159, 437 people have been mobilized and 215 units of equipment have been involved. The general contractors are the joint venture Kazakhdorstroy LLP and ABK-Avtodor NS.
The reconstruction of the Kordai checkpoint is being carried out by Dorstroy LLP. 14 units of equipment and 127 personnel have been mobilized.
On the section of the Merke-Burylbaital road, km 7-102, the China General Construction and Development Company Xinxing operates. At the facility, 461 people have been mobilized and 230 units of equipment have been involved. 363 thousand cubic meters of earthworks have been
completed, construction of 52 culverts has been completed, crushed stone sand gravel base on 4.3 km and 2 km of asphalt pavement has been placed.
The section of the Merke-Burylbaytal km 102-273 highway is being constructed by ABK-Avtodor NS LLP. Here, 478 thousand cubic meters of earthworks havebeen completed, the construction of 69 culverts has been completed.
Work on the Kurty-Burylbaital road section, km 2152-2214, is performed by Todini & SMS JV. The project employs 241 people and involves 138 units of equipment.
Reconstruction of the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk highway continues. The Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development Beibut Atamkulov visited the construction sites and checked the progress of work together with the Chairman of the Committee for Roads of the MIID RK Sairanbek Barmakov and the Chairman of the Board of JSC NC “KazAvtoZhol” Ulan Alipov.
In 2017, a large-scale project for the reconstruction of a highway with a length of 763 kilometers began. For three years, the road workers have almost completed work and this year it is planned to open traffic for transport along the entire route. The main purpose of the reconstruction is to transfer the road from the third technical category to the first and second with a widening of the carriageway to ensure safe and uninterrupted traffic.
Thus, from Taldykorgan to Ust-Kamenogorsk after completion of reconstruction at an acceptable speed, it will be possible to get in 7-8 hours. It is noteworthy that the route is one of the important arteries leading to the resort area of Lake Alakol, so the implementation of the project is important for the tourism cluster of Kazakhstan. For example, from Ust-Kamenogorsk to the resort area, Kazakhstanis will be able to get in 4-5 hours.
The head of the MIID RK visited three reconstruction sites in Almaty and East Kazakhstan regions. Full-scale road construction works are being carried out here, in which about 3,000 people are involved. The general contractors are Todini Central Asia LLP, K-Dorstroy JSC and CITIC Construction Co, LTD.
It is worth noting that the major repair works of the Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk highway were last carried out almost 20 years ago.
Let us remind that in 2020, Kazakhstan will open traffic on 2600 km of national roads.
For reference:
In the section of km 287-685 with a total length of 385.3 km in the Almaty region 1,541 people have been mobilized and 860 units of equipment have been involved. In total, since the beginning of the year, road workers have completed 673 thousand cubic meters of earthwork, and work has also been completed on 166 culverts and 23 bridges. In addition, 6.5 km of crushed stone foundation and 5 km of the top layer of asphalt pavement has been completed.
Since the beginning of the year, 143 thousand cubic meters of excavation work has been completed and 44 culverts installed on the reconstruction site, km 685-880, with a total length of 195 km in the East Kazakhstan region. Also, the road workers carried out 2.5 km of the placement of crushed stone foundation and 1.5 km of the top layer of asphalt pavement. On this site, 638 people and 320 units of equipment are involved.
The reconstruction section, km 880-1073, with a total length of 189 km in the East Kazakhstan region, 182 thousand cubic meters of earthworks have been completed, work has been completed on 89 culverts, 3 bridges, 1 overpass is under construction. Also, 11 km of crushed stone foundation, 6 km of the upper layer of asphalt and 3 km of the lower layer of asphalt concrete pavement have been placed. The site employs 462 employees and 277 units of equipment.
Reconstruction, major and medium repairs of roads are catered for in the West Kazakhstan region this year. Road workers plan to upgrade over 10 access roads to the villages of the region.
Thus, 9 km of the access road from the Samara-Shymkent highway and the bypass road of the Koskol village of the Karatobinsky district will be reconstructed. Major repairs of the Burlin-Aksai-Zhympity highway 149-159 km, 139-149 km will also be carried out, and the entrances to the villages of Zhaik, Algabas and Lbischensk in Akzhaik district will be repaired.
In addition, major repair works of 6 culverts on the Fedorovka-Aksay highway, repair of bridges across the Bykovka, Embulatovka and Rubezhka rivers on the Uralsk-Kirsanova highway are catered for. Also, medium repair will cover sections of the Taskala-Akkuray-Bolashak - RF border" km 48-96, "Peremetnoe-Tsyganovo" 0-13 km,"Peremetnoe-Eternal" 0-24 km, "Zhanybek-Talovka-Small Uzen" 2-27 km. At the same time, access roads to the villages of Toganas, Zhanabulak, Merey, Furmanovo, Rostoshinskoye BCP, Novopavlovka and Uzynkol will be repaired.
In addition, overhaul of republican roads "Chapaevo-Kaztalovka – RF border" km 157-192, "Kaztalovka-Zhanibek- RF border" km 0-165, "Bisen-Uneege-Saykhin" km 0-103.
Let us remind that the total length of roads in the West Kazakhstan region is 6,496 km, of which the republican network is 1,414 km, 92% of which are in good and satisfactory condition. The local network is 5,082 km long, and the share of roads in good and satisfactory condition is 31%.
In 2020, the national company KazAvtoZhol plans to install 62 sanitary and hygienic units on the national roads. In addition, through private investment, 23 gas stations with the presence of SHU will be built.
The issue of roadside service is under special control of the Committee for Roads of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In total, there are 1815 roadside service facilities operating along roads of national and international importance, of which 894 units or 49% comply with the requirements of the National Standard.
Due to the active actions of akimats, the best results are shown by Atyrau, Kostanay, Akmola and East Kazakhstan regions. Roadside services are less developed in Mangistau, North Kazakhstan, Turkestan and West Kazakhstan regions. This year, together with the regional akimats, it is planned to bring 58% of objects into compliance.
It is worth noting that for 3 months of 2020, 5 new roadside service facilities were built through private investment, and by the end of the year 38 more are planned to be built. To date, JSC “NC “KazAvtoZhol” has announced a request for interests for the construction of 17 objects of roadside service of category“A” due to private investment.
Let us remind that in the framework of the implementation of the State Program “Nurly Zhol” until 2025, it is planned to bring all the roadside service facilities into compliance with the National Standard.
The highway “Taldykorgan-Ust-Kamenogorsk” with a length of 763 kilometers will pass bypassing the village of Koylyk in the Almaty region and Shynkozh, Ushbik, Ayagoz in the East Kazakhstan region.
Construction is carried out by CITIC Cinstruction Co. Ltd LLP, K-Dorstroy LLP and Todini Central Asia LLP. Quality control of work is carried out by the companies SE ENGINEERING LLP and ZS Enginering.
According to the project, a 32-kilometer section from the city of Taldykorgan will correspond to the 1st technical category with 4 lanes for traffic. A section of the road with a length of 731 km will correspond to the second technical category with 2 lanes for traffic.
The reconstruction provides for the construction of 6 bridges, 3 overpasses across the railway, 11 illuminated transport interchanges, 276 pipes, rest areas, as well as the installation of covered bus stop in the areas of settlements.
To date, more than 9970 cubic meters of earthworks have been completed, 252 culverts and 22 cattle passes have been built. In addition, 159 km of the bottom course of sand and gravel, 130 km of the subbase, 118 km of the upper base layer of highly porous coarse-grained asphalt concrete and 93 km of the base course of dense coarse-grained asphalt were laid at the facility. Work is underway on the construction of 25 artificial structures - overpasses, bridges and traffic intersections.
In total, about 3 thousand units of equipment and about 5 thousand people are involved in the reconstruction of the route. Before the end of 2020, it is planned to open traffic throughout the highway. The project will be commissioned in 2022.
The Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Beibut Atamkulov, held a video conference with the participation of Akim of Aktobe region Ondasyn Urazalin and Deputy Akim of Atyrau region Alibek Nautiev, as well as Chairman of the Committee for Roads Sayranbek Barmakov, Chairman of the Board of JSC NC KazAvtoZhol.
In particular, the issues of reconstruction of the Kandyagash-Makat and Atyrau-gr. RF (to Astrakhan). ” These projects are of great importance for the development of the transport potential of the regions and the country.
The construction of the Kandyagash-Makat highway with a length of 359 km has been underway since 2018. This year, road constructors laid 40.5 thousand m3 of soil, arranged 5 km of base layers, prepared 598 thousand m3 of crushed stone, 2.4 thousand m3 of concrete products and 8.7 thousand tons of bitumen, mobilized more than 570 units of equipment and involved over 950 people of staff. Full completion is scheduled for 2021.
The head of the MIID ordered to complete the work by the end of this year and put into operation a 154 kilometer long section in the Aktobe region and open traffic on the base course of the pavement at 40 kilometers in the Atyrau region.
Construction of the road “Atyrau- RF border (to Astrakhan)” with a length of 217 km was launched in 2019. This year, 2.1 thousand m3 of soil, 6.3 km of the base layer were laid at the facility, 107.4 thousand m3 of crushed stone was prepared. The project mobilized 171 units of equipment and involved 271 people. Commissioning is scheduled for 2023. Beibut Atamkulov noted that this year it is necessary to open 60 km for traffic, as well as to ensure full-scale work throughout the project.
In addition, in the regions it is planned to implement the Aktobe-Kandyagash project with a length of 89 kilometers, as well as the construction of a Bypass of Atyrau city with a length of 27 kilometers. The Minister instructed to ensure the completion of 100% of the planned work this year.
Let us remind that the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan identified large-scale tasks for domestic road industry to open traffic for 2.6 thousand km of roads by the end of this year.
The Chairman of the Committee for Roads of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Sairanbek Barmakov, speaking at a briefing by the CCS, spoke about improving the quality of road infrastructure in Kazakhstan.
So, according to Barmakov, for the first five-year period of the Nurly Zhol State Infrastructure Development Program, 3 thousand kilometers of republican roads have been built and reconstructed, about 7 thousand kilometers of roads have been repaired, a toll system for 682 km has been introduced, and about 100 thousand people have been involved. Also, 15 thousand km of local roads have been repaired.
“In December last year, the Nurly Zhol State Infrastructure Development Program for 2020-2025 was adopted, within the framework of which over the next 6 years it is planned to build and reconstruct 10 thousand kilometers of roads (including 3.8 thousand kilometers of transition projects), and also carry out major and medium repairs of 11 thousand kilometers of roads of the republican network. The total funding for the road industry under the Nurly Zhol program will amount to 3.5 trillion tenge”, the speaker noted.
The share of republican roads in good and satisfactory condition will be increased to 100%, and the length of roads of category I and II of the technical category will increase to 60%. It is planned to repair more than 27 thousand kilometers and bring roads of regional and district significance in good and satisfactory condition to 95%. This year, construction work covered by 4 km of roads Karaganda-Balkhash-Kapshagay, Aktobe-Atyrau-Astrakhan, Taldykorgan, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kalbatau-Maikapshagai, Kokshetau-Petropavlovsk-Kurgan, Uzynagash-Otar, Merke-Burylbaytal, Kostanay Denisovka , Usharal-Dostyk.
“By the end of the year, it is planned to open traffic on road sections with a total length of 2.6 thousand kilometers: Karaganda-Balkhash-Kapshagai, Aktobe-Atyrau-Astrakhan, Taldykorgan-Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kalbatau-Maykapshagai, “Merke-Burylbaytal”, “Usharal-Dostyk”, “Uzynagash-Otar”, “Kokshetau-Petropavlovsk-Kurgan”, “Kostanay-Denisovka”, S. Barmakov said.
To date, 8.6 thousand units of equipment have been mobilized, 81 thousand square meters of concrete products, 103 thousand tons of bitumen, 6 million square meters of crushed stone have been prepared, 11 million square meters of subgrade have been constructed, asphalt-concrete pavement has been laid for 27 km, 43 bridges and 171 culverts have been installed.
As the Chairman of the Committee emphasized, all used road-constructing materials in the road industry are of Kazakhstan content. These are inert materials, bitumen, cement, reinforced concrete products, and metal structures with the exception of a small proportion of chemical additives (stabilizing additives for asphalt) and individual elements of artificial structures (expansion joints and steel structures).
“At the end of March, construction and installation work began in the southern regions. As favorable weather conditions begin, work will move to the northern regions, and by the end of April, construction work will be launched on all projects. In all areas, the necessary measures have been taken to protect personnel from the coronavirus. All employees have been provided with personal protective equipment”, he added.
It was also told about the development of the local network, the length of which is 70.9 thousand kilometers. In 2020, 259 billion tenge is provided for the repair of the local network. By the end of the year, it is planned to cover 4 thousand kilometers with repair work, 350 road projects will be implemented, 30.5 thousand people will be involved. and improved 75% of the roads of the local network to a good and satisfactory condition. At this rate of repair, it is planned that by 2025 more than 27 thousand kilometers of local network roads will be repaired. This will bring 95% of the roads of regional and district significance to a good and satisfactory condition.
Also, according to the chairman of the Committee for Roads, this year 86 billion tenge have been allocated for the repair and maintenance of roads of national importance. Major repairs cover - 440 km, of which it is planned to put into operation - 62 km of roads. 1,079 km of roads are covered by medium repairs.
“In order to ensure road safety and road safety after the winter period, a two-month period has been announced as part of the Comprehensive Target Program, where at least 60% of the annual plan for patching, installing and replacing road signs, and marking the roadway will be completed. The two-month period is in effect in the southern regions from April 15 to June 15. In the northern regions from May 1 to July 1”, S. Barmakov noted.
In Kazakhstan, there are 4 toll road sections with a length of 682 km, such as Nur-Sultan-Schuchinsk, Nur-Sultan-Temirtau, Almaty-Khorgos, and Almaty-Kapshagai. In order to further tolling implementation in December 2019, an agreement was signed on the design and maintenance of a tolling system for 11 thousand kilometers with a consortium headed by ComputerVisionTechnologies LLP in the amount of 138.8 billion tenge following an investment competition.
“This year, within the framework of the Agreement, it is planned to install a toll collection system on reconstructed sections with a length of 5.7 thousand km: Kapshagai-Taldykorgan, Uralsk-RF border (to Saratov), Shymkent - Uzbekistan border (to Tashkent), Kyzylorda-Shymkent-Taraz, Taraz-Kainar, Aktobe-Uralsk-RF border (Samara), RF border-Aktobe-Kyzylorda, Aktau-Beineu, Atyrau-Dossor-Beineu-Akzhigit-Uzbekistan border, Nur-Sultan-Pavlodar, Pavlodar - Semey-Kalbatau, Pavlodar- RF border (Omsk), Nur-Sultan-Kostanay- RF border. On the remaining 5.3 thousand kilometers, it is planned to introduce tolling before 2024 as the reconstruction is completed”, the speaker added.
Also during the briefing, the issue of roadside service facilities was raised. To date, 1,803 roadside service facilities operate along national roads, of which 883 (49%) meet the requirements of the National Standard.