Highway planned for construction in Tatarstan can be an alternative to Suez Canal

There is a plan to build a toll highway in Tatarstan which is to link federal highways М-7 Volga and М-5 Ural, says press center of Tatarstan Transport Ministry. When the highway is put into operation the delivery of cargo from Europe to Asia can reduce to 14-18 days.

As of today, major cargo volumes are delivered between the two parts of world by sea via the Suez Canal. The delivery takes over a month.

Besides, an interregional multimodal logistic center is to be established in Tatarstan by 2015 for servicing of Europe – Western China route.