RF Govt Transport Commission approved inclusion of 57 projects into comprehensive plan for upgrading and expanding core infrastructure

RF Government Transport Commission approved inclusion of 57 projects into comprehensive plan for upgrading and expanding core infrastructure, IAA PortNews correspondent cites Deputy Prime Minister Maksim Akimov as telling journalists after the Commission meeting.

According to him, total value of the projects exceeds RUB 3 trillion with co-financing from the federal budget to make RUB 500 billion.

Among the projects approved by the Commission, the official mentioned the construction of a bridge across the Lena river, three bridges on the Vilyuisk road, a bridge on the Kolyma river, etc.

“All resources have been distributed under the comprehensive plan for upgrading and expanding core infrastructure and we do not see any high risks of breaking the deadline... Of course, discussion of infrastructure projects lead to discussion of the model for management of Russian railways capacity, that are remote approaches to seaports, models for mutual obligations an investor and the state. So it was a hot discussion”, said Maksim Akimov.