ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 14. During a working trip to the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov assessed the progress of border checkpoint upgrades aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the country’s transport and logistics network, Trend reports via the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
Bektenov visited the Kordai and Karasu automobile border checkpoints on the state border with the Kyrgyz Republic, where he reviewed the current infrastructure, existing issues, and development plans.
“At the Kordai checkpoint, reconstruction work previously carried out has increased the number of traffic lanes from 4 to 8 and the number of passport control booths from 20 to 40. As a result, passenger throughput has increased fourfold, and vehicle throughput by 2.7 times,” the statement said.
At the Karasu checkpoint, infrastructural enhancement
initiatives have commenced, aimed at augmenting throughput capacity
from 700 to upwards of 2,000 vehicles daily. Frameworks are being
established to optimize cargo transit and enhance logistical
efficacy. The initiative is focused on augmenting transboundary
transit frameworks to align with contemporary benchmarks.
During his operational excursion, Bektenov also mandated that
officials guarantee the integrity and punctual finalization of
refurbishment initiatives while expediting the deployment of
digital innovations to optimize border protocols. Supplementary
directives were issued to establish parameters that optimize
security and well-being for stakeholders and entities engaged in
international economic endeavors.
There are currently 39 automobile border checkpoints on the border with EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union) member states. Renovation work has been fully completed at two of them. Modernization has begun at ten checkpoints, including those on the Kazakhstan-Russia border. Other checkpoints will also undergo reconstruction.
