Regional
Development need thousands of years to cover Russia with a network of
public roads
The Head of Regional Development of the Russian Federation Igor Slyunyaev called "very far" the prospect of creating a Russian highway network at the current pace of construction.
Agreed a program of modernization of the transport system, he said, about half a million to build roads, to form that same network. But, citing Slyunyayev media, including input of 500 km each year this can be done for 1000 years.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who led a government meeting on Thursday, called perspective, the Minister outlined, "bleak" and sent the program of development of the transport system for revision.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister said that by 2020 Russia should be built 14 thousand kilometers of roads, 2.5 thousand km of railways. There are also plans to increase the capacity of ports by 356 million tons, to fix about 100 airstrips.
Medvedev stressed that the implementation of the program is to reduce the number of accidents in transportation by a third, to reduce transportation costs by 12 to 16%, exports of transport services should be doubled, and the mobility of the population - 50%.
Prime Minister acknowledged that modern transport infrastructure does not meet the country's needs. In particular, the extent of the problem of railway sections of more than 7 thousand km, only 8% of the federal roads are multi-band roadway, and depreciation of fixed assets for certain types of vehicles is 50%.
The Head of Regional Development of the Russian Federation Igor Slyunyaev called "very far" the prospect of creating a Russian highway network at the current pace of construction.
Agreed a program of modernization of the transport system, he said, about half a million to build roads, to form that same network. But, citing Slyunyayev media, including input of 500 km each year this can be done for 1000 years.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who led a government meeting on Thursday, called perspective, the Minister outlined, "bleak" and sent the program of development of the transport system for revision.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister said that by 2020 Russia should be built 14 thousand kilometers of roads, 2.5 thousand km of railways. There are also plans to increase the capacity of ports by 356 million tons, to fix about 100 airstrips.
Medvedev stressed that the implementation of the program is to reduce the number of accidents in transportation by a third, to reduce transportation costs by 12 to 16%, exports of transport services should be doubled, and the mobility of the population - 50%.
Prime Minister acknowledged that modern transport infrastructure does not meet the country's needs. In particular, the extent of the problem of railway sections of more than 7 thousand km, only 8% of the federal roads are multi-band roadway, and depreciation of fixed assets for certain types of vehicles is 50%.
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