Construction of “Western Europe – Western China” transit corridor discussed in Shymkent

17:58, 18 January 2010

SHYMKENT. January 18. KAZINFORM /Tatyana Pylayeva/ Kazakh Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Dulat Kuterbekov held session on the issues of construction of the transit corridor "Western Europe - Western China" in Shymkent, Kazinform refers to the press service of the regional akimat.

The preparation to implementation of this project is underway. The construction will start in April. The total length of the projected road is 243.5 km, including 207 km of the current main road from the borders of Kyzylorda region to Shymkent. Besides, construction of 36.5 km-long "Shymkent pass-by" road section is planned.

Deputy Governor of South Kazakhstan region Bolatbek Aliyev informed of preparation to the redemption of lands, demolition of buildings and realization of a resettlement plan in the road construction area.

Besides, B.Aliyev expressed intention of the regional akimat to attract to works only local population. "About 50 thousand people are necessary for project's implementation. We will employ the local population primarily", he stressed.

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