Atlas Corridor
Component

Turkistan Oblast Highway (Saryagash Bypass) Project

road

Cities

Saryagash
Kazakhstan
kara-Tobe
Kazakhstan

Distance

102km
new
102km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$0.5b
$515,100,000

Phases

planned, 2030

Objective

"The project... is critical for enhancing regional connectivity, particularly with Uzbekistan, and improving cross-border trade flows." - ADB

Description

The project will build a new four-lane, 102-kilometer (km) highway bypassing Saryagash and Keles in the Turkistan region to provide sustainable connectivity by separating the freight traffic that currently passes through urban areas.

Finance

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$400000000 loan
Asian Development Bank Bank
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$115100000 investment
JSC NC KazAvtoZhol Company

Operators

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JSC NC KazAvtoZhol
Company

Sources