Armenia
A 60 km section of the Sisian-Kajaran road will be built in the south of Armenia
ARKA, 18.08.2021
Within the framework of the investment program of the North-South road corridor, construction of a 60 km long section of the Sisian-Kajaran road will begin in the near future, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a government meeting.
"Good dynamics is observed in the construction projects of the Tallinn-Lanjik, Lanjik-Gyumri sections. The construction of the Ashtarak-Tallinn road section will also be in the center of our attention," he said.
Pashinyan said that at this stage there is an opportunity to implement programs jointly with the EU.
"The EU has previously expressed readiness to provide Armenia with a 2.6 billion financial package in the next 4 years. euro. We have worked quite effectively and concretized those programs for which we expect the participation and financing of partners from the EU," he said.
The Armenian government approved the program of activities for 2021-2026 at a meeting on Wednesday. It consists of 6 blocks: security and foreign policy, economy, infrastructure development, human capital development, law and justice, institutional development.
Noise bands to reduce accidents are applied in the East Kazakhstan Region
KAZINFORM, 20.08.2021
Ensuring the safety of pedestrians on highways depends not only on the observance of Traffic Rules by drivers, pedestrians, but also on the use of modern means of traffic regulation.
Special attention should be paid to attracting the attention of drivers to road sections and pedestrian crossings, which are characterized by an increased level of danger. "For this purpose, in the second decade of August, at the suggestion of the administrative police department of the East Kazakhstan Region road service organization, a branch of Kazakhavtodor LLP applied special noise strips in front of seven unregulated pedestrian crossings along the Ust-Kamenogorsk-Semey highway.
This is a special type of marking protruding above the roadway, made using special technology by using special materials. If a person suddenly fell asleep at the wheel or began to fall asleep, hitting the lane will wake him up because of vibrations," he said Head of the Administrative Police Department Ernar Bazarov.
The main task of the noise lane is to reduce the level of accidents, increase the concentration of the driver and prevent road accidents. To date, more than 4,000 linear meters of noise strips (20 sections) are already in operation on the roads and streets of the region. Its further application is obvious and will be continued by road owners this year.
More than 35 billion tenge will be allocated for transport infrastructure in Kostanay region
KAZINFORM, 20.08.2021
According to Akim of Kostanay region Archimedes Mukhambetov, it is planned to restore 316 kilometers of highways of the region, including with these funds. Also, 264 sections of streets of settlements in the amount of 7.6 billion tenge will be covered by the repair.
"This year, within the framework of the State Program, it is planned to implement 17 projects worth 11.6 billion tenge, the length of 221 km, 14 of which are planned to be completed this year. Construction and installation works are underway at 17 facilities. Separately, I would like to note the construction of a bridge on the highway at the entrance to Kostanay worth 4.4 billion tenge. This object has a social orientation, the goal is to ensure trouble-free passage through the Tobol River during spring floods and to bring the technical characteristics of the approaches to the bridge to the II technical category. In addition, recently, with the increase in development in the city of Tobyl, the traffic on this bridge has increased significantly. This year 2.7 billion tenge was allocated for the implementation of the project. The project is planned to be completed at the end of this year," the governor of the region said.
The implementation of the planned plans, as the akimat is confident, will increase the share of roads in satisfactory condition to 78%.
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan and Russia have agreed on the development of logistics corridors
1PRIME, 23.08
The authorities of Uzbekistan and Russia have signed a roadmap for the development of logistics corridors and the creation of the necessary infrastructure for this, the press service of the Uzbek Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIVT) reported on Monday.
According to the press service, Deputy Prime Ministers of Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation Sardor Umurzakov and Alexey Overchuk in Tashkent We discussed a wide range of issues of trade and economic cooperation.
"Following the meeting, a roadmap was signed for the implementation of the memorandum of understanding in the development of logistics corridors," the message on the MIVT website reads. The document outlines priority measures to create the necessary infrastructure and organize the appropriate logistics service.
According to the ministry, the parties have determined the format of bilateral cooperation to improve customs, sanitary and phytosanitary procedures, simplify the procedure for the movement of goods between the two countries, and develop cooperation between the state bodies of the two countries in the field of digitalization.
The roadmap also contains concrete practical measures for the implementation of infrastructure projects, in particular, for the creation of agrologistic and wholesale distribution centers, the press service added. In particular, the organization of a regular route train "Agroexpress" on the principle of "green corridor", providing the maximum delivery time of agricultural products from Uzbekistan in the Russian Federation not exceeding five days.
Agroexpress is a specialized service of JSC "Russian Railways Logistics" and JSC "Russian Export Center" (REC) for the delivery of agricultural goods to China, Turkey and CIS countries using accelerated container trains. The service is constantly being improved due to the expansion of the list of routes and the use of modern transportation solutions, the use of refrigerated containers and flexitanks. In June, an agreement on the implementation of this service was signed with the Uzbek company Uzagrologistics Centers.