OREANDA-NEWS. June 23, 2014. Majilis deputies from "Nur Otan" party will make recommendations to the Government on development of roads in the western regions of Kazakhstan, this statement has been made by Vice-Speaker of the House, leader of "Nur Otan" faction in the Majilis Dariga Nazarbayeva at the meeting of Council on regional policy and the work with representative bodies.

"We want to identify all the problems of this sector and make recommendations to the Government", D. Nazarbayeva said.

Minister of Transport and Communications Zhenis Kassymbek and representatives of Atyrau, West Kazakhstan and Mangystau regions spoke at the round table. In their opinion, the main reasons for the poor state of roads in western regions are underfunding of repair and maintenance of public roads. In particular, 14% of national roads are in poor condition in West Kazakhstan Region, in Aktobe Region - 38%, in Mangystau Region - 5%, and in Atyrau Region - 40%.