Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Corridors 3 and 6 Turkistan Oblast Highway (Saryagash Bypass) Project

The project will improve the capacity, safety, and sustainability of the road network in Kazakhstan's southern region of Turkistan, and enhance regional connectivity and trade with national and international markets. The project will finance (i) the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of 102 kilometers (km) of a road bypassing the city of Saryagash, providing a safe, high-capacity corridor for freight traffic presently traversing urban areas. The project will also strengthen institutional capacity in road safety and sustainability. The project road will increase capacity along the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) corridors 3 and 6 linking Europe, the Middle East, the Russian Federation, and South Asia, and the project will contribute to strengthening supply chain efficiency and diversification, and increase domestic and international transit and trade in the CAREC region.