Kerch Strait bridge project goes ahead
Experts of the Russian-Ukrainian joint committee have approved all of the issues related to the project of building a new bridge across the Kerch Strait, the Russian Transport Ministry said.
Following the results of the 10th meeting of the Transport Subcommittee of the Committee on Economic Cooperation of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission, the two sides noted the high level of cooperation within the framework of the task team working on implementation of the project.
The project is expected to get approval by the governments of Ukraine and Russia in accordance with their national laws, the report said. No details were disclosed.
The first bridge across the Kerch Strait was destroyed during WWII in 1945. To replace the destroyed bridge the former Soviet Union launched in 1953 the Kerch ferry line. In recent decades, the issue of building a new bridge had been extensively discussed. In February 2011 the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych announced that Ukraine and Russia are working on the bridge project.