Almaty Akim Yerbolat Dossaev told about the construction of the new Congress Center during a meeting with residents of the Medeu district.
The city mayor noted that such impressive facilities have not been built in Almaty since Soviet times.
“The proposed new Congress Center will be state-owned. Funds from the city budget will be allocated for engineering infrastructure and improvement. "In addition, private sponsorship funds will be attracted within the framework of social responsibility," said Yerbolat Dossayev.
Also, the mayor of Almaty thanked the active residents for their attention to the development of the city and expressed confidence that the project would bring benefits to Almaty.
"Our city must develop. There is no free state land fund in Almaty, so we are forced to buy land to extend roads, develop social infrastructure, and public spaces. We do all this only within the law," said the mayor.
Yerbolat Dossayev assured that the construction of commercial real estate on the site of the planned Congress Center has been excluded.
"According to the Land Code, we cannot transfer any of the land purchased with budget money to private owners. We need to completely erase this issue from our memory,” the mayor concluded.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/almaty/press/news/details/947613