Plans to modernize road and transport infrastructure in Surkhandarya region were announced. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev disclosed this at a meeting on February 27. According to him, a project to convert a 111-kilometer section of the Boysun-Denau road to cement-concrete pavement began two years ago, funded by the Asian Development Bank with $183 million. Once operational, cargo volume will double, and transport time will reduce from 3 to 1.5 hours.

The president also highlighted that the 178-kilometer highway linking Uzbekistan with Afghanistan and Tajikistan has not undergone major repairs for nearly 30 years. Officials were instructed to start construction work within three months.

The meeting also focused on railway traffic. Currently, passenger trains on the Tashkent-Termez route take over 14 hours. An agreement has been reached with Korean partners to supply modern high-speed trains (reportedly Hyundai Rotem). Plans include starting a project to adapt the Toshguzar-Boysun-Kumkurgan section for high-speed trains and beginning electrification work on the 103-kilometer Kumkurgan-Kudukli railway.

New flights on the Termez-Istanbul and Termez-Dubai routes have been designated. It was instructed to deploy 125 buses being delivered to Surkhandarya to intra-regional routes.

By year-end, a project to provide centralized drinking water to 56,000 residents in Muzrabot will be completed. A project to bring sewage systems to the centers of Muzrabot, Oltinsoy, Angor, Qiziriq, and Boysun will commence.

Source: www.gazeta.uz