BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 3
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The Master Plan for the Development of Kazakhstan’s Turkistan city has been approved by the country’s government. Trend reports citing the government’s press office.
During the government meeting when the plan was discussed, the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan noted that in order to ensure the new development of Turkistan, the construction of historical and architectural, administrative and business centers, transport and engineering infrastructure, and a residential area was intensively carried out.
Since the day of the relocation of the regional center to Turkistan, about 400 billion tenge ($934.4 million) of investments have been directed to the city's fixed capital. According to the new general plan, the territory of the city has increased by almost 3,000 hectares.
The population has grown from 165,000 to 176,000 people, by 2025 it is predicted to be about 250,000, and by 2035 — 350,000 people.
The head of government noted that the new General Plan for the Development of Turkistan takes into account all the needs of an actively growing city and will create a full-fledged comfortable environment for its residents and guests.
The plan has been agreed upon with the executive bodies of the city and the Turkistan region, as well as the central government agencies.
All detailed schemes for the development of urban infrastructure have been developed.
The prime minister instructed to implement all the planned projects of the approved plan.
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