Elvira Kadyrova and Ravilya Kadyrova
Awaza, September 18 – At the Turkmenistan Investment Forum (TIF 2025), held in Awaza, Dovran Ataev, Deputy Chairman of the State Agency for the Management of Highway Construction, spoke about the large-scale modernization of the country’s road infrastructure. According to him, Turkmenistan is actively working to bring its highways into line with international standards.
The State Agency manages more than 13,000 km of highways. It has powerful equipment at its disposal, allowing for accelerated construction and repair of roads. The construction of new highways and bridges is proceeding at an accelerated pace using modern road construction equipment, specialized and heavy machinery produced by companies such as XCMG (People’s Republic of China) and JOHN DEERE (Federal Republic of Germany), which have been procured and put into operation for use in road construction, as well as asphalt mixing plants produced by the company AMMANN (Swiss Confederation).
Among the key projects is the construction of the Turkmenbashi–Garabogaz–Kazakhstan border highway, stretching 252 km. An important part of this highway is the construction of a 354-meter bridge over the Garabogaz Bay.
Construction is also underway on the Ashgabat–Turkmenabat autobahn. The commissioning of the Ashgabat–Mary section has significantly increased the capacity of the country’s road network, improved the quality of logistics services, expanded opportunities for developing international transit-transport infrastructure, and strengthened interstate trade and economic ties.
In accordance with the Programs of the President of Turkmenistan, to develop cooperation with neighboring countries and the international logistics system, as well as to create international transport-transit corridors between states, the construction of highways such as Turkmenabat–Gazojak–Dashoguz, Mary–Serhetabad, and Gumdag–Etrek–Iran border is planned.
Turkmenistan is also actively involved in the construction of transit-transport corridors connecting Asia and Europe along the North-South and East-West directions, and it is expected that in the coming decades, Turkmenistan will become one of the main countries at the intersection of Eurasia’s transport networks.
According to Ataev, the new highways will become economically reliable gateways for cargo carriers from the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and India to countries in Northern and Western Europe.
The speaker emphasized that the modernization of roads is aimed not only at improving transport infrastructure but also at enhancing road safety. The infrastructure being created is intended to make Turkmenistan more attractive for international freight transportation, strengthening its position on the global logistics map.///nCa, 18 September 2025