More than one trillion tenge in investments
have been attracted to Almaty’s fixed capital over the past nine months, as
reported by the city’s mayor Yerbolat Dossayev to President Kassym-Jomart
Tokayev. He noted that economic diversification is ongoing. The number of operating
small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the metropolis has exceeded
360,000. By the end of the year, the sector's share in Almaty’s gross regional
product (GRP) is expected to increase to 60 percent. New urban planning
regulations, construction rules, and a housing renovation program have been
developed and will be approved by yearend. One of the priorities of the city's
development is the modernization of engineering infrastructure. In the past
nine months, 219 kilometers of new water supply and water disposal networks were
built in Almaty, and 27 kilometers of existing networks have been modernized. The
Head of State gave a number of instructions for the development of the
metropolis.
