Uzbekistan 2013 road construction and repair works to cost around US$464.5mn
Around US$464.5 million is due to be spent building or upgrading more than 520km of roads in Uzbekistan during 2013, according to national road construction company Uzavtoyul. The extra-budgetary regional road fund will pay for the works.
January 3, 2013
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Around US$464.5 million is due to be spent building or upgrading more than 520km of roads in Uzbekistan during 2013, according to national road construction company Uzavtoyul. The extra-budgetary regional road fund will pay for the works.
Uzbekistan will take out a US$405 million loan with the Asian Development Bank in the second half of this year for completion of a motorway from Central Asia to China.
ADB will provide three loan in three tranches.
Last autumn, Uzbekistan said it will target of 2,700km of new highways by 2019 at a cost of around $590 million. Around 2,280km will have a bituminous concrete surface and 418km will be a concrete surface.
Uzbekistan has been setting out a major plan for road repairing, rebuilding and up
Uzbekistan plans to build around 2,700km of roads by 2019 at a cost of around US$590 million.
Around 2,280km will have a bituminous concrete surface and 418km will be a concrete surface.
In July, the World Bank said it will grant Uzbekistan a $200 million loan for 25 years towards paying for the $240 million Regional Roads Development project that is scheduled to be completed by 2021, according to UzDaily.uz.
Uzbekistan’s government also reported that around 117km roads were built in the first half
