OREANDA-NEWS. October 16, 2008. The new highway with six traffic lanes and 224 kilometers in length has been built according to the modern safety requirements, reported the Official website www.akorda.kz.

The video monitoring, speed control and emergency system devices are to be set through the whole highway. The vehicles running on this highway can get a speed capability reaching 150 Km/h. The total cost of the project accounted for 115 billion KZ Tenge.

While inspecting the new highway, the modern road constructing equipment was shown to the head of state. President Nazarbayev emphasized the importance of using such equipment in getting the best quality of the roads.