Center South Road Corridor Project (WB-P153501)

Countries
  • Kazakhstan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Canceled
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
KazAutoZhol JSC
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Transport
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 645.24 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 645.24 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 1,466.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jan 21, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Mar 26, 2015


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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.
According to bank documents, the project road consists of a 688 km section of road from Karagandy to Burylbaital, an essential link in the corridor between Almaty and Astana. The corridor will provide an all-weather divided highway connecting Kazakhstan toWestern China and Russia. It will be constructed along the existing road alignment, and will accommodate a duplicated carriageway, i.e., the new road will improve the existing 2-lane single carriageway road to 4-lane dual carriageway road and consist of 4 x 3.75m lanes, 3.75m shoulders, and a 3 to 6m median strip. It will be designed for a traffic speed of 120 kilometres / hour (km/hr) and axle loads up to 13 tonnes. Bridges, overpasses, and pedestrian and animal passes will be included where required and informed by social impact assessments. The proposed development objective is to make safe and sustainable improvements to transport and freight connectivity between Almaty and Astana, and improve access to economic opportunities.
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Team Leader: Fiona J Collin Senior Transport. Specialist Telephone No.: 473-6070 Email Address: fcollin@worldbank.org Borrower/Client/Recipient: KazAutoZhol JSC Ermek Kizatov, Chairman of the Board Telephone No.: 77172288800 Email Address: info@kazautozhol.kz Implementing Agency: KazAutoZhol JSC Azamat Orynbekov, Head Dept of International Cooperation and Investments Telephone No.: 7-7172-57-22-32 Email Address: info@kazautozhol.kz ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF WORLD BANK The World Bank Inspection Panel is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by a World Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Inspection Panel, they may investigate to assess whether the World Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can contact the Inspection Panel or submit a complaint by emailing ipanel@worldbank.org. You can learn more about the Inspection Panel and how to file a complaint at: http://ewebapps.worldbank.org/apps/ip/Pages/Home.aspx.

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