The project on comprehensive development of Murmansk Transportation Hub is to obtain the State Expertise approval “from day to day”, IAA PortNews journalist cites Murmansk Region Governor Marina Kovtun, as saying at the III International Forum «Arctic: present and future» being held in Saint-Petersburg.
According to her, the investors are ready to commence the project implementation immediately upon obtaining the approval. The state environmental approval was obtained in March 2013.
The project on comprehensive development of Murmansk Transportation Hub has been included into the Federal special-purpose programme “Development of Russia’s Transport System (2010-2015)”. According to the document, the project implies the construction of several terminals for transshipment of coal, containers, crude and oil products, development of a storage and distribution zone as well as a logistic center. Railway infrastructure development implies the construction of Vykhodnoy-Lavna line, ten railway stations and parks, reconstruction of four stations and development of highway infrastructure in Murmansk.
Under the project, there will be built a deep-water sea hub with round-the-year navigation. It will be a center for transshipment of containers, oil cargo, coal and mineral fertilizers integrated into the international North-South transport corridor.
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