In 2015-2020, construction of highways in Russia is to grow 3-5 times against the year of 2007 to 7,000 -12,000 kilometers per year, the conception of long-term social & economic development of the Russian Federation reads according to Gudok.Ru referring to ITAR-TASS. According to the document it is to expand the network of hard-surface roads by 16-17%. Hence transport, mobility of the population is to raise 1.4 times in 2015 and 1.8 times in 2020.
Besides, according to the conception it is planned to decrease the share of railways with limited capacity to 0.5% in 2015. The volume of new railways is to grow considerably. By 2020 it is planned to establish a basic network of high-speed passenger traffic (160-200 km/h) with construction of railways ensuring the speed of up to 350 km/h. It is also planned to increase export of transport services (excluding pipeline transport) to $23.4 billion in 2015 and to $billion in 2020 against $8.6 billion in 2006.