Uzbek route

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing funding worth some US$600 million to Uzbekistan to build a new highway.
February 27, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The 943 Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing funding worth some US$600 million to Uzbekistan to build a new highway. This route will provide a key transport link for Uzbekistan and its near neighbours. When complete the highway will connect Uzbekistan with neighbouring nations including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Because of the size of the work required and the need to separate sections of the construction project, the ADB is splitting the funding into three separate amounts.

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