The transport minister promised to reduce road repair costs by seven times.
Marat Karabaev discussed plans to save budget funds in the government, according to Orda.kz.
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“This year, medium repairs will be conducted on the remaining four thousand kilometers and on an additional 2.6 kilometers. The total annual repair volume will amount to 6.6 kilometers. This method will reduce project implementation times by three times and decrease costs by seven times,” said Marat Karabaev.
The minister did not share details on how exactly and through what means savings will be achieved. However, he mentioned that large-scale repair work will be carried out in the North Kazakhstan (1358 km), Akmolinsk (1262 km), and Abai (1015 km) regions.
Additionally, the Minister of Transport promised that roads that have not been repaired for 30 to 50 years, such as Petropavlovsk — Zhezkazgan (703 km), Kandyagash — Shalkar (246 km), Zhanaozen — Turkmenistan border (156 km), and Karaganda — Ayagoz — Bugaz (452 km) will be completely renovated.
At the end of January, the committee for automobile roads announced that the toll for using BAKAD will be doubled.