Kazakhstan has completed the
reconstruction of the Kazygurt border checkpoint on the Uzbekistan border and
the Temir Baba checkpoint on the Turkmenistan border. Their modernization is
part of a large-scale state program to upgrade border infrastructure, implemented
under the instruction of the Head of State. During the reconstruction works,
traffic at the checkpoints was neither stopped nor reduced in capacity. This
was achieved through temporary traffic management schemes for cargo and
passenger flows. Thanks to the introduction of modern technologies at the upgraded
checkpoints, border-crossing time has been reduced to 30 minutes, and capacity
has increased to 1,000 vehicles per day. Overall, traffic through the
modernized checkpoints has increased 2.5-fold: in 2022, 640,000 cars crossed
the border; today, the figure has risen to 1.5 million. The state modernization
program covers nine border checkpoints on the borders with China, Uzbekistan,
and Turkmenistan. Work on the remaining three checkpoints is scheduled for
completion by the end of the year.
«We are introducing a new information system, Keden,
which will replace three previously used systems and provide centralized
registration of all passing cars and individuals. A main dispatch control
center is being established to consolidate all movement information. As for
throughput capacity, it is expected to increase sixfold. This year, thanks to
the four modernized border checkpoints already commissioned, throughput has
reached 1.8 million vehicles,» said Kazakh Minister of Finance Madi
Takiyev.
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