The Government announced the start of the phase I of the Tashkent-Andijan toll road project under public-private partnership terms, the press service of the Ministry of Economy and Finance said.
According to the project concept approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on January 21, the phase I includes 171 km long highway section that will extend from Tashkent to Angren and Kamchik Pass.
A private partner for the project will be selected through a two-stage tender: first, a pre-qualification selection will take place (it will last until April 21, 2025, 18:00 Tashkent time), then technical and financial proposals will be received.
A consortium of consultants with the assistance of the World Bank, which included British companies Arup and Partner’s, PWC and CMS Cameron, was involved in preparing the tender.
Last year on October 10, Deputy Minister of Transport Jasurbek Choriev spoke about the key parameters of the Tashkent-Andijan toll road project, developed jointly with the World Bank.
According to him, the construction period of the road itself will be 6 years and 3 months. 64% of the route will be new, and 36% of the road will be reconstructed. The length of the highway will be 314 km, it will be classified as category I-a (motorway) and will consist of six lanes.
It was expected that the project will consist of three stages: the phase I will include the 78-km Tashkent-Angren section, the second - Angren-Pap (93 km), and the third - Pap-Andijan (143 km). According to the statement from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the first and second stages were combined. The road will have a cement concrete surface.
The construction of this highway is expected to reduce travel time from Tashkent to Andijan by 2 hours and 14 minutes compared to the current route. The project is estimated to cost $4.28 billion (in nominal prices of 2023). The public-private partnership agreement for the construction of the road will be in effect for 49 years.
The Tashkent-Andijan toll road construction is scheduled to be launched in 2026 and be completed by 2032.
