During his working visit to our city, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Sklyar got acquainted with the main infrastructure and investment projects. The purpose of the visit was to assess initiatives aimed at improving the urban environment, improving the quality of life of the population and strengthening the economic potential of the region.
One of the facilities was the Shymkent railway station, which was renovated in 2024. Its area was doubled, and its throughput capacity increased to 6,000 passengers per day. Investment in the project amounted to 1.1 billion tenge.
In addition, the First Deputy Prime Minister got acquainted with the activities of the Schoolchildren's Palace No. 2 for 500 children. Here, students are provided with conditions for science, art and sports. The implementation of the project, the total cost of which is 254 million tenge, was a vivid example of improving the educational infrastructure of the city.
The delegation also got acquainted with the work of the "Bozaryk" substation, which was transferred to trust management and provides electricity to 250 thousand people.
Furthermore, Roman Sklyar got acquainted with the construction progress of the "Alsera KZ" greenhouse complex. The large investment project is aimed at providing the region with fresh vegetables and creating 5 thousand new jobs. The total investment volume is $650 million, and the planned production capacity is 155 thousand tons of products per year.
The issues of improvement were considered, in particular, the construction of the Shymcity park and the opening of the Tulip Hall congress hall with a capacity of 2 thousand seats.
In addition, Roman Sklyar got acquainted with the work of the international logistics center - the vegetable warehouse of NMI-Yug LLP. The facility is located near the airport and the Western Europe - Western China highway. The center with a Cross Docking system for rapid cargo processing will significantly accelerate the delivery of agricultural products to the domestic and foreign markets.
In addition, the Coca-Cola Almaty Bottlers JV LLP plant, which provides the region with an additional 100 new jobs and has an investment volume of 27 billion tenge, was also examined.
Another point of the working trip was the new terminal of Shymkent airport. It was opened in December 2024 on the instructions of the Head of State. SCAT invested 24 billion tenge in the implementation of the agricultural project.
In 2024, the gross regional product of Shymkent increased by 12%, the volume of construction by 27%, and the commissioning of residential buildings by 42%. The volume of attracted investments increased by 9%, 12 large projects worth 78.2 billion tenge were implemented, and more than 1 thousand jobs were created. In addition, 293 projects worth a total of 225 billion tenge were implemented in the industrial zones of the city. Thanks to the creation of this favorable investment climate and the implementation of large-scale projects in the processing industry, more than 8 thousand jobs were created.
First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar highly appreciated the pace of implementation of these projects, noting their importance for the socio-economic development of Shymkent and the region as a whole. According to him, such initiatives will contribute to improving the urban environment, creating new jobs and strengthening the economy of Kazakhstan.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/shymkent/press/news/details/938996