N.Nazarbayev surveys Atyrau-Aktau road construction
20:07, 30 September 2009
RAU. September 30. KAZINFORM /Andrei Sokolov/ Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has got acquainted with the process of construction of "Atyrau-Aktau" road within his working visit to Atyrau region today.
Construction of this important for the region road is implemented within the program on the development of road-transport infrastructure for 2006-2012. The Head of the State visited road construction site connecting Karabatan village of Atyrau region and Beineu village in Mangystau region. The construction of this part of the road was begun in 2007. Today the construction is accomplished and landscaping of the new road is underway.
The road is expected to serve as a corridor to Central Asia for cargos from Russia and Europe. The project of reconstruction of the road to the amount of KZT 26 bln 583.3 mln is financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.