Astana, 4 November, . The modernisation of 37 road border checkpoints will be completed by the end of 2027, first deputy prime minister Nurlybek Nalibayev said at a press conference in the Government.
Nalibayev gave the transport sector’s results: 712 million tonnes of freight were carried, 0.9% more than a year earlier, and about 1.5 billion passengers (+3.4%); rail transit freight grew by 15% to 33.8 million tonnes. Along the international road corridors, he said, 1,465 roadside service facilities operate, 221 of them built in the last three years: filling stations, hotels, shops and service stations.
What it means: The Government has publicly confirmed the checkpoint deadline the President set in the Address — the end of 2027 — and the new transport minister now works to that deadline.
Who benefits: Carriers and drivers who queue at the border, and the transit business Kazakhstan wants to earn from; the cost of the modernisation was not named at the press conference.
Background: In the Address of 28 October the President said that the reconstruction of checkpoints had until recently been slow and ordered it completed next year.
We have also reported on the appointment of the new transport minister.
