KazAvtoZhol national company has published a list of the toll roads most frequently used by Kazakhstanis, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

In ten months of this year, vehicles traveled on toll roads more than 68 million times. The bulk of traffic was recorded on five roads.

Top five most used toll roads

  • 01Almaty – Konaev: 10.8 million times;
  • 02Shymkent – Uzbekistan: 8 million times;
  • 03Shymkent – Taraz: 5.6 million times;
  • 04Taraz – Kainar: 4.9 million times;
  • 05Shymkent – Kyzylorda: 4 million times.

"These figures indicate high traffic intensity in the southern and southeastern regions of Kazakhstan. These roads connect major cities, important transport hubs and international corridors," company specialists say.

Traffic is also intense in central and northern regions

However, traffic is also intense on toll roads in the central and northern regions. In particular, about 3.7 million vehicles passed on the Astana – Temirtau highway, 3.4 million on the Astana – Shchuchinsk route, and 3.2 million times on the Konaev – Taldykorgan road.

Earlier it was reported that an average speed measurement system would be launched on three toll roads.