144 km of ‘Western Europe - Western China’ to be reconstructed in 2015 - Kasymbek

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - This year 144 km of the highway "Western Europe - Western China" will be repaired, Vice Minister of Investments and Development Zhenis Kasymbek has said today during an extended meeting of the Committee on Economic Reforms and Regional Development in the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the RK. The meeting was dedicated to the issues of transport infrastructure within the new economic policy "Nurly Zhol - Path to the future".

"It is planned to complete 144 km this year and activate traffic on the site Shymkent-Taraz, including Taraz bypass," Kassymbek stressed.

According to him, since the beginning of reconstruction of the transport corridor the turnover increased by 3 times. According to the agency, the total length of the section of the port Lyanyangan to the border with Europe is more than 8 thousand km, 2.8 thousand kilometers of which pass through the territory of Kazakhstan, Kazinform refers to the website of the Prime Minister.

"To date, 1884 km have been completed, traffic is fully open in the area of Shymkent-Russian border . This trunk road in Kazakhstan will provide the link between the three centers and agglomerations in Aktobe, Shymkent, Almaty, " Deputy Minister said.

Kassymbek noted that this corridor will be very important for shipping of goods from China to Europe, as well as from Central Asia to Russia and Europe.