A ceremony to open the northern section of the Western High-Speed Diameter linking St. Petersburg's Primorsky Avenue and the Scandinavia route was held in Saint-Petersburg on August 2. According to press center platforms of the Governor’s Administration the ceremony was attended by RF President Vladimir Putin, Saint-Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko and Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov.
Vladimir Putin congratulated the citizens on opening of another important section of this high-speed way.
Improvement operations and arrangement of toll collection points are to be completed by late October – early November.
The northern section of the Western High-Speed Diameter is 26.4 km long. The central section of the WHSD is to be completed by late 2016.
The traffic will be opened at the northern section from August 3, 2013 at 12:00, Moscow time.