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Ashgabat: new development strategy

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Creation of developed transport and street infrastructure of Ashgabat played an important role in organization of modern building of the capital. Newly built highways – Turkmenbashi, Garashsyzlyk, Bitarap Turkmenistan Avenues, Ataturk, Oguzkhan streets and others became the foundation of new springboard for town planning, connected the center of city with southern outskirts and fully transformed this part of the capital.

Archabil highway attached additional impulse to further development of south-west outskirts – this ecologically pure and quite comfortable by its climatic conditions region. First-class autobahn with adjoining local roads, with interchanges of “cloverleaf” type, providing uninterrupted traffic as well as became wonderful city-forming factor. Unique by its architecture cultural and business center – Ashgabat city has been formed here before the eyes of contemporaries. According to exclusive projects, the foreign contracting agencies (Turkish firm “Polimeks” and French “Bouygues”) realized the construction of modern buildings – Congress Palace, offices of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Construction, Communication and other departments.


Many architectural facilities of Ashgabat are really unique, for example, “Alem” cultural and entertainment center with the largest indoor big wheel in the world. After “Turkmenistan” television and radio broadcasting center and Oguzkhan fountain complex, this place of interest of the capital replenished the Guinness Book of Records. Inscription of the Turkmen capital into Guinness Book of Records as the city with the highest in the world concentration of buildings faced with white marble is the confirmation of scale activity, being realized on renovation and improvement of architectural look of Ashgabat, exciting sincere admiration of foreign guests with their grandeur and unrepeatable beauty.

Scale of upcoming construction projects in Olympic Township, containing over 30 sport facilities, strikes as well. It is erected newly the Olympic stadium, which will seat nearly 60 thousand viewers. Here, it has been constructed the hockey palace for 10 thousand spectators. It is built the covered cycle track and tennis court, complexes for playing kinds of sport, boxing, wrestling, weightlifting and athletics, hotels, administrative buildings.

Large-scale modernization of highways, construction of road bridges, junctions, underground and overground pedestrian crossings, change of engineering and communication nets and introduction of modern traffic safety systems is going on in the capital. It is planned the modernization of 12 city arterial highways with total length of 59.14 kilometers, where 18 bridges, underground and overground pedestrian crossings will be constructed. Road bridges are built on loaded intersections: St. Ostrovski and Gurbansoltan Eje, St. Yu. Emre and Andalib, B. Annanov and Gurbansoltan Eje, Magtymguly Ave. with St. B. Annanov, Gurbansoltan Eje Ave. with St. Keshi. The Turkish Company “Nata Inşaat Turism Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş.” has completed the construction of the bridge on the crossing of Atamyrat Niyazov Avenue and Gorogly Street.



New development strategy of the capital envisages the active introduction into the city transport and street network of southern and northern part of ring road. Owing to these roads, it was able to divide the transport flows and take the traffic of lorries, which realize the transit conveyance, out of perimeter. Powerful overpass with modern transport interchange and bridge over Garagum River allowed joining to the orbit of city street infrastructure the northern part of ring road.

It is worked out conceptual trends of development and general plan of development of Ashgabat for near future. Particular attention is paid to the creation of the high level of comfort. New flats have wide area and additional premises. Kitchen, dining room and specious entrance hall contribute to the highest requirements of comfort.



Accomplishment of adjacent territories of houses is realized on principle “yard”, where the people are able to spend much time in the open air, communicate with each other, have joint rest, and train in sports. Taking into account modern town planning requirements, it has been constructed a lot of such dwelling complexes on different arterial highways of the capital.

The social net of new dwelling massifs includes medical institutions, schools and kindergartens, shops – convenience stores for dwellers became obligatory condition of comfortable residence in the capital.

Length of Avenue named after Atamyrat Niyazov was transformed cardinally. New region of the capital with high-rise dwelling houses, administrative buildings, socio-cultural facilities and modern infrastructure raised along this avenue before eyes. Here, it is appeared original ensemble from white-marble highly comfortable dwelling houses, where thousands of families of workers of different sectors gave a house-warming party. It was constructed two secondary comprehensive schools for 600 pupils each and kindergarten for 160 kids.