Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed a presentation on the progress of major projects in the transport and logistics sector, the presidential press service reported.
Jamshid Tursunov, chairman of the Road Committee under the Ministry of Transport, told O’zbekiston 24 TV that tender procedures for the construction of the Tashkent-Andijan toll road are planned to be fully completed by the end of the first quarter of 2027 (January-March).
According to him, the meeting also instructed officials to begin practical work on the Tashkent-Samarkand toll road and implement projects for the Tashkent-Charvak toll road and the Namangan-Pungan road connecting Namangan region with the mountain pass.
Particular attention was instructed to be paid to construction quality and costs, as well as to greater use of local resources. This includes the use of modern construction materials and new technologies in cooperation with specialists from the Transport University and young scientists.
“After we built the first toll road on the Urgench-Khiva route, it was well received by most users, and a separate task was given to build alternative roads connecting our major cities over shorter distances”, Tursunov said.
He also said that the number of vehicles in Uzbekistan has increased significantly over the past 10 years, from around 500,000 in the early years of independence to nearly 6 million. As a result, expanding road construction, upgrading two-lane roads to four-lane roads, and ensuring safe and uninterrupted traffic have become key priorities for the sector.
According to Tursunov, rising incomes and greater mobility among the population also require the construction of new roads and expansion of transit corridors.
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