EurasiaNet
TASHKENT (TCA) — Since the Soviet era, organized crime has played a role in Uzbekistan, used by elite clans for achieving their goals. Today, things seem to have begun to change. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org:
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ASHGABAT (TCA) — The first high-speed highway in Turkmenistan, connecting the capital Ashgabat and the Caspian port city Turkmenbashi, will be opened in September 2020, Newspaper Golden Age reports citing the Ministry of Automobile Transport of Turkmenistan.
The Ashgabat–Turkmenbashi highway is being built by the Turkish company Polimeks Insaat Taahhut we Sanayi Ticaret A.S. The company will build a railway bridge and cloverleaf junction at the 24th kilometer of Ashgabat–Dashoguz section of the new highway.
The future road is designated exclusively for high-speed traffic. Around 60 large and small multi-level flyovers and more than 70 underpasses, and bridges across mud streams and Karakum River will be built along the road.
This is the first project of its kind in Turkmenistan. The three-lane highway will be 34.5 meters wide. Each side of the road will have an emergency lane, a ditch and a metal fence to prevent animals and people entering the road.
The entire highway will be built according to world standards. The entry and exit of the highway will be equipped with toll points. Smaller toll points will be placed on the highway entry from other cities along the way. There also will be traffic police stations equipped with surveillance cameras.
Every 50 km of each side of the motorway will have a car parking and recreation zones for drivers and passengers. Large recreation centers with shops, restaurants, motels, covered and open parking lots, fuel stations, and other facilities will be built at the 201st and 420th kilometers of the highway.
Monitors informing motorists on weather, road conditions and speed limits will be installed along the road. There will be telephone booths every two kilometers for calling evacuation trucks, traffic police and road maintenance services.
The construction of Ashgabat– Turkmenbashi highway will give an opportunity to improve the quality of logistic services, expand international transit and transport infrastructure, increase trade turnover with neighboring countries, the export and transit of goods via the Turkmenbashi International Seaport.
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ASTANA (TCA) — Russia has led its partners in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) with the highest ranking among the group in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2017-18 Global Competitiveness Report. Russia ranked 38th on the list of 137 countries rated in this year’s WEF report, while Kazakhstan was next at the 57th position on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), RFE/RL reported.
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BISHKEK (TCA) — The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) will extend grants to finance health care projects in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
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ASTANA (TCA) — As part of his working visit to the South Kazakhstan region late last week, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev visited the Shymkent Oil Refinery to see the results of the first stage of its production modernization, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
Stratfor
TASHKENT (TCA) — On his path to political and economic reforms, the new Uzbek president Mirziyoyev is facing many risks and challenges, and many of them are beyond his control which makes his task even more difficult. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by Stratfor:
