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A regular conference, chaired by the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov, was held at the MIID of the Republic of Kazakhstan to discuss the development of public roads and roadside infrastructure. Mr. Sairanbek Barmakov, the Chairman of the Committee for Roads of the MIID RK, the Chairman of the Board of JSC NC KazAutoZhol Ulan Alipov, and the representatives of akimats of the country's regions took part in the conference.

Nurly Zhol Program sets serious objectives for the road industry. So, this year, despite the current epidemiological situation in the country and in the world, it is planned to open traffic on 2,600 km of roads. Full-scale work is ongoing on the projects: Taldykorgan-Kalbatau-Ust-Kamenogorsk, Karagandy-Balkhash, Balkhash-Burylbaital-Kurty, Merke-Burylbaital, Usharal-Dostyk, Atyrau-border of Russia, Uzynagash-Otar, Kalbatau-Maikapshagai and Construction of Shamalagan Overpass. The Minister instructed to expedite the works complying with the sanitary and epidemiological standards and ensure the opening of traffic on the reconstruction sites.

During the conference, the development of the local network was discussed. In total, 4,000 km of the local network will be repaired in 2020. The need to draw special attention of the regional akimats to the quality of the works performed was also mentioned. The National Center for Quality was instructed to carry out control in the regions of the country. In addition, it was recommended to akimats of the regions, the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, and Shymkent to provide 50/50 parity financing for construction, reconstruction and repair of the facilities.

The development of roadside services is also under the special control of the Ministry. Today, there are 1,838 roadside service facilities along the republican roads, 930 of which meet the requirements of the National Standard. The best service facilities are located in Atyrau, Kostanay, Akmola and Kyzylorda oblasts. Among those lagging behind in terms of this indicator are West Kazakhstan, Turkestan, Mangistau and North Kazakhstan oblasts. An instruction has been issued to improve the works on the development of roadside services and bring it in line with the national standard, as well as to work on attraction of investments in the business development at the recreation sites and to intensify the work on provision of land plots in the roadside for businesspeople.