Second phase of Nizhegorodsky hydrosystem project to be approved by 16 September 2019
RF Government has issued a Decree according to which design documentation for the second phase of Nizhegorodsky hydrosystem project is to be approved by 16 September 2019. The document is available at the official portal for legal information.
The construction of the Nizhny Novgorod hydroengineering facility (Nizhegorodsky hydrosystem) focused on debottlenecking of the Volga river navigation is a federal project of a special significance for the entire country. According to RF Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh, this project success is essential for numerous strategic tasks including creation of basic conditions for facilitation of the country’s economic development and transport connections between the regions, integration of Russia into the system of international transport corridors, ensuring national defence potential particularly depending on adequate use of the Unified Deep Water System of the Russian Federation.
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