Toll roads will be built from Tashkent to Andijan and Samarkand

The president signed the decision "On measures to further improve the road industry", reports Norma.

According to the document, the engineering management and technical control of the project at the road construction sites starting from January 1, 2025 will be outsourced to independent organizations, including the private sector, in accordance with the practices and documents of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC). carried out by

It is also planned to design, build and reconstruct public highways in accordance with international requirements for high-speed traffic, and in the future, when there are alternative roads to these roads, to transfer them to the category of "toll roads" .

In particular, in 2025, it is planned to build toll roads on the Tashkent-Andijan, Tashkent-Samarkand routes and a toll tunnel at the Takhtaqoracha pass.

The document was published in the national database of legislative documents and entered into force on October 16, 2023.

The construction of the first toll roads in Uzbekistan was announced in 2018. At that time, it was said that the German company GP Günter Papenburg could be involved in the construction of the first such roads. In 2019, the Committee of Motorways announced that a place was being selected for the construction of the first toll road in Uzbekistan.

In October 2022, it was said that the Tashkent-Andijan and Tashkent-Samarkand toll highways will be completed by 2026. In August, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Ilhom Abdugafarov, the project coordinators of the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development discussed the issue of drafting a law on the construction of toll roads.

Source: Daryo.uz