The Russian government decided not to implement the "Murmansk Transportation Node" project through the creation of a management company under the same brand name, the Murmansk regional government’s press office said. The scheme "has lost its relevance," the regional authorities said.
The State Customer of the Murmansk transportation node project is RosTransModernizatsiya. Currently, the "Integrated Development of the Murmansk Transportation Node" project is underway: the phase of design and survey of the railway and maritime infrastructure facilities is nearing completion. That infrastructure will include the construction of a general use railway line, a support fleet base on the West coast of the Kola Bay and dredging of the water area of the port of Murmansk.
The project is funded through the federal budget in the framework of target program "Development of Transport System of Russia (2010 - 2015)."