Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to direct funds from the National Welfare Fund (FNB), performing the function of the main Russian “Cubia”, on projects for the development of transport infrastructure, turning special attention to the automotive route of Moscow to Kazan. This is stated in the list of instructions on the implementation of Messages to the Federal Assembly, published by the Kremlin website.
“Government of the Russian Federation to ensure the direction of the funds of the National Welfare Fund for financing on the replacement of projects for the development of transport infrastructure, paying special attention to the need to increase the rate of construction of the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod high-speed road road, its extension to Yekaterinburg and the completion of construction In 2024, “is noted in one of the items.
It’s about the road that Putin mentioned in his message to the Federal Assembly. He promised for three years not only to complete the construction of the high-speed roadway from Moscow to Kazan, but also to extend it to Yekaterinburg.
In April, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that the high-speed route from Moscow to Kazan should be launched in 2024. In 2021, 40 billion rubles will be allocated to the construction site, and the total financing of the road megaproject exceeds 650 billion rubles. The route will be part of the transport corridor Europe – Western China. It is assumed that the path from Moscow to Kazan on a new road will take 6.5 hours instead of 10 hours.