Atlas Corridor
Component

Merki-Burylbaytal Highway Reconstruction Project

road

Cities

Burylbaytal
Kazakhstan
Merki
Kazakhstan

Distance

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new
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rehabilitated
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existing
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Cost

$297m
$297,000,000

Phases

operational, 2022

Objective

The purpose of the project was to reconstruct the Merke-Burylbaytal highway (MB266) in 4 sections measuring 262 km in length. The first (86 km), four-lane section runs from Merke to Shu. The 3 remaining, two-lane sections (measuring 176 km in length) run from the town of Shu to the village of Burybaytal.

Description

JSC NC KazAutoZhol disclosed that it signed 4 preferential buyer’s credit (PBC) agreements with China Eximbank in 2017 worth $1,667,577,000 to support 4 road reconstruction projects, including this one.

Finance

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$253300000 loan
Exim Bank of China Development bank
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$43700000 investment
Government of Kazakhstan Government

Contractors

China Xin Xing Construction Development Co.
Company