Kazakhstan to launch three new highways by yearend

ASTANA.KAZINFORM Kazakhstan is going to launch three new highways by the end of the year. These will be Astana-Temirtau, Almaty-Taldykorgan and Almaty-Khorgos motor roads,according to S.Barmakov, an official from the Ministry of Investments and Development.

These four-lane highways (six-lane in some sections) will be accomplished soon and will be launched approximately in November-December 2016, he says.

1,111 km of roads are under construction now in Kazakhstan. 420 km of them will be finished by the end of the year.