Project Details

CAREC Transport Corridor I (Zhambyl Oblast Section) [Western Europe-Western People's Republic of China International Transit Corridor] Investment Program - Project 1
Summary:Project 1 of this investment program covers (i) construction and reconstruction of about 125 kilometers (km) of the Project Road (sections of the CAREC Transport Corridor 1 between Taraz and Korday from km 404 to km 483 and from km 214 to km 260 in Zhambyl Oblast); and (ii) the road operation and maintenance component. The program aims to improve the 2,815 km Western Europe-Western China Transport Corridor from Khorgos at the border with the People's Republic of China, through Almaty and Shymkent, to the western border with the Russian Federation.
Sector:Transport [view similar]
Country:Kazakhstan [view similar]
Date Approved:29 December 2008
Status:Ongoing
Funding Type:Loan [view similar]
Funding Amount:$340 million (Asian Development Bank [view similar])
$60 million (Government of Kazakhstan [view similar])
Links/Documents:Project Information - Loan
ADB Project Page
Report and Recommendation of the President
Loan Agreement between ADB and Kazakhstan
News Release - First Tranche of Loan Signed (ADB)
News Release - First Tranche of Loan Signed (ADB) Russian
Project Information - MFF for the Investment Program

 

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