The Committee for Road Transport and Transport Control of the Ministry of Transport has announced a temporary restriction on the movement of freight vehicles from March 1 to April 1, 2025. This applies to vehicles with a single axle load exceeding eight tons.
The restriction will be in effect in eight regions of the fifth road-climatic zone: Almaty, Atyrau, Zhambyl, Ulytau, Kyzylorda, Mangistau, Zhetysu, and Turkestan. This measure is being implemented to preserve the roads during the spring period.
In nine other regions of Kazakhstan—Akmola, Aktobe, Abai, East Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Kostanay, Pavlodar, and North Kazakhstan—similar restrictions will be announced from March 23 to May 1, 2025.
The restrictions do not apply to vehicles engaged in international freight and passenger transportation; activities related to the prevention and elimination of emergencies; transportation of humanitarian aid; transport of food products and medications; military transportation; as well as road construction works.