Authorities of Temryuk municipality (Krasnodarsky Territory) held public hearings on the project of building a new deepwater port of Taman, the head of Rostransmodernizatsiya told PortNews.
Igor Freydin, Director General of "Directorate of the State Customer to Implement the Federal Program "Modernization of Transport System of Russia” (Rostransmodernizatsiya) said the agency is the customer-developer of the port of Taman project. The project aimed to create a dry-cargo port in the seaport of Taman is implemented in accordance with the regulation of the Russian Government on December 5, 2001 (№ 848) "On the Federal Target Program "Development of the Russian transport system (2010-2015)."
In line with the federal program investment in the project will total RUB 82 billion 664.9 million, including RUB 50 billion 558.8 million from the federal budget and RUB 32 billion 106.1 million from off-budget resources.
In September 2011, Deputy Transport Minister Viktor Olersky confirmed the projected Taman port cargo throughput in 2025 will amount to 98 million tons.