Astana. February 10th. KazTag - Bibichan Serikova. The colossal agents for the construction of "Astana LRT" (legal trading transport) are spent, so we will continue, Altai Altai Nur-Sultan said.
"These are all structures that remained in the city (from the construction of LRT - KazTag) do not paint the look of the city. And there were treated with colossal funds, so we will continue this work, "Telzhagin told at the reporting meeting with the population on Wednesday.
Also, Akim stated that there were negotiations with banks to attract investment for this purpose.
"The question of its continuation in the pandemic period was suspended, since it was necessary to attract external loans from second-level banks, not only in Kazakhstan, but also from international banks. Now this work is resumed. It is necessary that banks attract funds and continue this work, "he added.
On July 16, KazTAG reported that CTS is ready to spend T649 million to the service for organizing the issue and placement of emission securities in the foreign capital markets. The agency also reported that the former "Astana LRT" wants to place securities in the amount of more than $ 1 billion under State Guarantee abroad.
Even earlier - on February 27, 2020, Mia KazTag reported that Astana LRT LLT after a series of corruption scandals was renamed CITY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (CTS).
Earlier - June 13, 2019, it became known that the authorities of Kazakhstan approved state guarantees of $ 1.6 billion for Astana LRT LLT, and even earlier - July 9, 2018 it was reported that primarily the construction of the project of the Log Training Transport System (LRT) Plan to direct more than T305 billion
On July 30, 2019, it became known that the ex-head of Astana LRT Talgat Arad was declared international wanted list, and on December 13, that the former Deputy Chairman of the Board of the National Company "Kazakhstan Engineering" JSC was announced in the wanted list Ex-deputy Akim Nur-Sultan Rope Sultanbekov. He was named by the organizer of the embezzlement of Astana LRT LLP.
On October 8, the President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev instructed the Government and Akimat Nur-Sultan to resume the construction of a system of legal trading transport (LRT), while he called the project "the ill-fated" and "controversial".
On October 10, 2019, it was reported that the anti-corruption service, when interacting with the National Bank and the Accounts Committee, the legality and validity of the placement in liquidated in the subsequent "bank of Astana" of cash received from the Bank of China's Development on the LRR project was checked.
On December 9, 2020, Akim Nur-Sultan Altai Kulginov could not explain the loan of $ 1.08 billion for the CITY Transportation Systems LLP (CTS), formerly by Astana LRT, under the state guarantee abroad.