Starting at 20:00 on October 20, traffic restrictions will be introduced on several national highways in the Abai Region and the East Kazakhstan Region for vehicles not equipped with winter tires. The reason is snowfall and the formation of ice, infohub.kz reports.
The announcement was made in the Telegram channel of KazAvtoZhol. The restrictions will affect sections of national highways.
In the Abai Region, travel will be closed to cars on summer tires on two sections: the Ust-Kamenogorsk — Semey highway, 103–198 km (from the border of the East Kazakhstan Region to the city of Semey), and the Almaty — Taldykorgan — Ust-Kamenogorsk — Shemonaikha — border of the Russian Federation road, 971–1013 km (from the village of Kalbatau to the border of the East Kazakhstan Region).
At the same time, restrictions will take effect on sections of national highways in the East Kazakhstan Region. On the Almaty — Taldykorgan — Ust-Kamenogorsk — Shemonaikha — border of the Russian Federation highway, these are sections 1013–1062 km (border of the Abai Region — Rubezh checkpoint), 1089–1191 km (city of Ust-Kamenogorsk — city of Shemonaikha) and 1194–1212 km (city of Shemonaikha — border of the Russian Federation).
Travel will also be closed to vehicles without winter tires on the Ust-Kamenogorsk — Altai — Ulken Naryn — Katon-Karagai — Rakhmanovskiye Klyuchi road, 7–166 km (village of Ushanovskoye — city of Altai), on the Ust-Kamenogorsk — Ridder — border of the Russian Federation highway, 15–105 km (settlement of Belousovka — city of Ridder), and on the Ust-Kamenogorsk — Semey road: 12–45 km (turnoff to the village of Kazachye in the East Kazakhstan Region — village of Tavriya) and 48–103 km (village of Tavriya — border of the Abai Region).
The roads are expected to reopen at around 08:00 on October 21.