Wednesday, October 8, 2014

All of the roads and bridges. Why the president visited Novosibirsk? – Arguments and Facts

All of the roads and bridges. Why the president visited Novosibirsk? – Arguments and Facts

Due to imperfect methods for preparation of documentation for construction of roads saved “black holes” where disappear budget. This was stated by the president of Vladimir Putin on the State Council Presidium meeting on improving the road network, which was held today in Novosibirsk.


 
 

But the meeting, governors and members of the government, it is still asked to add money to the industry, including by increasing the excise tax on fuel, which goes to the road funds, even by 1 ruble.


 
 

Bridge – on the bill?


 
 

Before the meeting, the President attended the opening of a new bridge across the Ob River. Bugrinsky bridge (the name he thought up Novosibirsk) is called unique. It has the largest in Russia and the CIS arch span – 380 meters – and the world’s largest net arch. The total area of ​​the bridge about 2 km. It was built almost 5 years, the construction cost more than 17.1 billion rubles.


 
 

The new bridge will reduce the burden on the already existing two in the bridge, which was built during the Soviet era, and will connect the two federal highways – M51 “Baikal” (Chelyabinsk – Kurgan – Omsk – Novosibirsk) and M52 “Chuiski” (leads from Novosibirsk through the Altai to the border with Mongolia). At the opening of the bridge Novosibirsk Mayor Anatoly elbow offered to release a limited edition of the bill with a picture of the structure of the example of Krasnoyarsk bridge, which was placed on desyatirublёvke. Putin promised to speak on the matter with the Central Bank. After a bit he talked with the builders of the bridge, thanked them for their work. The President noted that each in its place must hoe in his place, as St. Francis. This is one of the favorite phrases of the state. He is not the first time mentions in his speech, a similar comparison with the great worker of the Christian church.


 
 

 
Vladimir Putin talks with builders during the opening ceremony of the bridge across the Ob River (Bugrinsky bridge). Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexei Druzhinin

Golden sand

 
 

According to the President’s speech at a meeting of the State Council, not everyone involved in the road sector motyzhat that your site is good enough. One of the main problems, according to Putin, is value for money in the construction of roads. On the road sector go heavily, but the return on these investments, sometimes ineffective.

 
 

Especially the president walked at a cost of some materials. Over the past 5 years, the growth of prices for rubble – 46% on sand – 79.7%. “This is what we have inflation this? – Putin surprised. – When transporting the sand to another region its value increases by 90%. So it begs the question of corruption component “, – he added. Also surprisingly the president caused too slow emergence of industry-leading innovation. “It’s weird, even – he said – was on display (exhibition of achievements and modern technology in the field of road infrastructure in the Exhibition Centre of Novosibirsk), technology is there, the materials are, but for bureaucratic reasons, do not use them …»

 
 

When the president took the floor and the president of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov . Mainly in his speech was the following message: regional road funds shortfall including because revenues from excises on oil products goes below the target.


 
 

 
Vladimir Putin holds a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council on the improvement of the road network for integrated exploration and development of the country. Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexei Druzhinin

To deposit funds, he proposed to send to the regional budgets that fee paid by an overload heavy trucks tolls on federal highways. Other Services – collect tolls from all freight transport and to increase the excise duty on all kinds of fuels and lubricants for one ruble. With the latest predlozheniem agreed and almost all speakers followed. With regard to new technologies, in the course of the meeting it was suggested to use more tsementnobetonnoe coating instead of conventional asphalt concrete.


 
 

share their experience Kaluga Region Anatoly Artamonov. In the field of road construction apply crushed stone mastic asphalt. Cost of goods sold increased by 30%, but no way in 13 years is not out of order. In general, the president Confirm the task set 2 years ago, doubling the road network by the end of this decade.


 
 

However, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov noted that even at the federal level due to the downturn of the economy with it may have some difficulties. Only this year, reducing the cost of these objectives at the federal level – 36 billion rubles.


 

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