Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Jan. 30 / Trend, D. Azizov /
The Uzbek Road Fund has announced a tender to reconstruct an 85 kilometer section of the Guzar-Bukhara-Nukus-Beynau (A-380) road.
It is planned to replace the two-lane asphalt pavement with a four-lane cement concrete road within two years.
According to the contest rules, bids are being accepted until March 19, 2013. Results will be summed in the first half of 2013.
The first tender for this section reconstruction started in February 2011, the second one - in June 2011.
Previous tenders were not held due to a lack of competitive bids, a representative of the fund told Trend.
Reconstruction operations are to be financed through a loan of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at the amount of $ 240 million allocated within the multitranche financing of the Uzbek national highway construction which totals $ 600 million through the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program.
It was reported that the first category national highway construction is worth $ 3.4 billion and includes the construction and reconstruction of four sections of road with a total length of 2,300 kilometers.
The project is being financed with government funds at the amount of $2.07 billion, as well as loans from foreign financial institutions.
