08.04.19.

Turkmenistan Today reports that in Turkmenistan, at a cabinet meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Dadebay Amangeldiev reported to President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the construction of the Turkmenbashi-Garabogaz-Kazakhstan highway and the new bridge across Garabogazgol Bay.

The publication notes that a two-way road with a width of 22.5 meters and a length of 225 kilometers will be laid from the city of Turkmenbashi, where the international sea port is located, to the border with Kazakhstan. Associated infrastructure facilities will also be built. It is planned to erect a bridge across the Garabogazgol bay with a length of 354 meters and a width of 21 meters.

The construction of the road and the bridge to the Turkmen-Kazakh border will increase the turnover, the volume of cargo and passenger traffic between the western and northern regions of the country, as well as neighboring states. The President instructed to finalize the autobahn project, provide technical expertise and comprehensive analysis from an environmental point of view, as well as create a specialized structure for the construction of roads together with related industries.

Berdimuhamedov stressed that the implementation of such large projects shows the adherence of Turkmenistan to the chosen peace-loving foreign policy course.

Plans to build a road between Turkmenbashi and Mangystau Oblast of Kazakhstan were announced in April 2018.

https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/turkmenistan-prokladyivaet-avtoban-v-kazahstan-366689/