President urged to launch new mass transit project of Astana
13:33, 8 October 2009
ASTANA. October 8. KAZINFORM /Kanat Kulshmanov/ President Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged to start realization of the New Mass Transit of Astana project at the session on Astana development Thursday.
"The urban construction is going fast in the city. The population has increased 2.5 times and reached 700 thousand. Therefore it is necessary to continue developing the transport strategy of the city and implement the project on construction of light rail transport system", N.Nazarbayev noted.
The Head of the State said that it is necessary to start carrying through the first stage of the project now.