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ROAD SAFETY IN KYRGYZ REPUBLIC. 19 May 2011, Singapore. THE TRANSPORT NETWORK IS KEY FOR THE DEV-T OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC. One of the key tasks in developing the country’s transport network is to take advantage of Kyrgyzstan’s convenient location and turn it into an international hub
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ROAD SAFETY IN KYRGYZ REPUBLIC 19 May 2011, Singapore
THE TRANSPORT NETWORK IS KEY FOR THE DEV-T OF KYRGYZ REPUBLIC • One of the key tasks in developing the country’s transport network is to take advantage of Kyrgyzstan’s convenient location and turn it into an international hub • The shortest connecting roads from Europe, Russia, some former-soviet states to China and other Asian states lie through the territory of Kyrgyzstan • Importance of renaissance and formation of old Great Silk Road traditions is vitaltoo
HIGHWAYS • Total length of roads in Kyrgyzstan 34 000km • 18 900 kmof which maintained by Ministry of Transport and Communication • Density of roads network of Kyrgyzstan is 0,17 km per 1 km2of the territory • 90% of freightand 85% of passengers are transported byroad • Aviation and railway carriages: overall 10% of freight and 15% of passengers
TRANSIT HIGHWAYS: • Irkeshtam–Sarytash– Osh –Bishkek ---898 км • Bishkek –Naryn–Torugart--- 539 км • Korday (Georgievka)– Bishkek–Chaldovar ---110 км • Bishkek - Osh --- providesaccess to China on the south, and to Kazakhstanon the north • Highway Osh – Sarytash –Irkeshtam --- is a transport corridor between China, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Europe
PROBLEMS AFFECTING SAFETY Roads and traffic safety is endangered by: • High intensity of road traffic; • Failure of traffic participants to follow current legislative acts and road regulations; • Insufficient monitoring by the State; • Insufficiently-coordinated measures and activities by ministries, relative institutions, and other state entities; • Intensive reclamation of areas neighboring the main highways.
ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT RISK ON ROADS • Majority (3/4) of accidents on roads are in cities and other populated localities • More than half (55,4 %) of overall accidents that took place in populated areas were in roads network of the capital city and regional centers of the Republic • 21% of accidents take place on highways which do not pass through cities and populated areas • More than one third (1/3) of accidents occur on roads of international importance
MAIN REASONS OF ACCIDENTS ON ROADS • High intensity of traffic • Poor discipline of drivers as well as pedestrians • Deliberate disregard of road regulations • Unsatisfactory road conditions • Poor driving experience
MEASURES FOR IMPROVING ROAD CONDITIONS • During rehabilitation works all road signs are renewed • Construction of protective barriers and guardrails against rock falls, landfalls, landslides, and washaways caused by land run-off • Construction of pavements, enclosed bus stops, rest and parking areas in populated territories • Construction of facilities for trans-border crossing fee payment or other travel payments.
MEASURES BY MoTC TO ENSURE ROAD SAFETY • Yearlyincrease of funds allocated for the measures to improve a general condition of roads • Construction of roads, stopping areas, pavements • Laying of rough surface treatment and top wearing surface • Installation and replacement of road signs • Broadening and strengthening road shoulders • Elimination of accident-prone zones • Ensuring safe and satisfactory conditions of vehicular traffic 24h/day • Ensuring yearly reconstruction of the road wear
KEY SOLUTIONS TO ROAD SAFETY PROBLEMS IN KYRGYZSTAN • To fully implement the whole complex of arrangements and immediate actions ensuring road safety in the priority roads rehabilitation projects (funded by loans from international donors) • In main road rehabilitation projects funded by loans from international banks, to provide actual packages or projects to ensure the traffic safety and winter maintenance of high-altitude valley road sections on the passes and canyons • To increase the amount of financing for repairs and maintenance of public roads in such scopes that ensure reconstruction of the annual normative roads wear • To create and develop modern systems of communication and means of early warning for employees of road infrastructure and road users • To improve computerized data banks on the state of roads, weather conditions, and road service facilities
ANNUAL NORMATIVE SCOPE OF ROAD REPAIR • Annual normative scope of road repair is 1260-1460 km • Factual scope of road repair is 700-900 km annually (based on the amount of available yearly funding), which is far less than a required normative scope • Attraction of international donors for contribution in the development of transport corridors in Kyrgyzstan: - at this moment USD 598,3 million worth projects are at the stage of implementation - construction works are carried out on the roads Osh-Sarytash-Irkeshtam,Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart, Osh-Batken-Isfana, Sarytash-Karamyk, and Taraz-Talas-Suusamyr (total length of which 840 km)