The installation of iron barriers on 16 major roads in the capital has been officially paused. The city administration and the new Traffic Organization Center (TOC) explained the suspension as necessary to revise engineering solutions and align them with unified safety standards.

The project began in 2025 on the initiative of the Main Directorate of Road Safety and involved installing guide structures on median strips to prevent pedestrian-involved accidents. The client was the Main Directorate of Capital Construction of Tashkent City, with over 6 billion soums allocated from the budget. The contractor selected through tender was LLC "Qarshi Stroy Sentr". Work has effectively halted on many sections, with installed structures left incomplete.

The TOC, together with the Main Directorate of Road Safety and the Main Directorate of Capital Construction, conducted an additional engineering-transport survey. The inspection revealed that barriers on certain sections limit drivers' visibility at U-turns, turns, and approaches to pedestrian crossings.

As part of the project review, decisions include: reducing barrier height on approaches to pedestrian crossings within 10-15 meters, as well as in U-turn and turn zones; revising the list of locations based on actual pedestrian traffic density and accident statistics; assessing compliance with modern safety standards; and optimizing barrier parameters to ensure normative visibility and navigation convenience, in accordance with GOST 23457-86.

Authorities emphasize these measures are part of a systematic modernization of the capital's street-road network. The fate of already installed sections requiring modification, as well as the utilization of the allocated over 6 billion soums, is under strict control by the TOC and other relevant services.

Source: podrobno.uz