Economic commission for europe inland transport committee

UNITED NATIONS		E
	Economic and Social Council	Distr. GENERAL TRANS/WP.5/2004/1/Add.1 2 September 2004 ENGLISH Original: RUSSIAN

INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE

IMPLEMENTATION OF PAN-EUROPEAN TRANSPORT
CORRIDORS AND AREAS

Proposal for the update of the report on infrastructure bottlenecks
and missing links in the European transport network

Transmitted by the Government of the Russian Federation¹

1. Current capacity problems with inland transport infrastructure (road, rail,
inland water)

1.2 Details of bottlenecks in the Pan-European transport-corridor and transport-area infrastructure in the Russian Federation are given in Table 1. All the bottlenecks cited do or will impede the efficient flow of domestic and international passenger and freight traffic, delay the arrival of passengers and goods and drive up transport costs. Bottlenecks have a particularly significant impact on road infrastructure, where the problem is systemic and is getting worse every year as the number of road vehicles increases.

2. Regulatory measures to eliminate bottlenecks

2.2 Since the main railway lines in the Russian Federation have significant unused track and rolling-stock capacity, yet mostly conform to international standards in terms of their technical equipment, their subsequent development under the federal programme will be in the area of upgrading and modernizing infrastructure so as to increase train speeds.

2.3 On the road network, reconstruction work is planned on existing highways in order to upgrade them and improve traffic safety. Road-building will be confined to missing links on highways so as to join them into an integrated international traffic network. Provision is also being made for the development of service facilities on the road network.

2.4 The inland waterway infrastructure will be developed along Eurasian transport corridors with a view to maintaining sufficient clearances on inland waterways used by international shipping and ensuring the safe and reliable operation of such waterways.

2.5 In addition to the special federal “Modernization of the Russian Transport System (2002 2010)” programme, the Russian Federation has also drawn up a national programme to upgrade and develop the road network in the Russian Federation up to the year 2025. This latter programme aims to develop the road network in accordance with the needs of the population, the

national economy and the transport infrastructure, to ensure it meets the requisite technical, capacity and density standards, and to increase mobility and boost economic activity. It provides for:

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  The establishment of a single road network including federal, local and municipal roads to meet the growing demand for road transport and ensure year-round communications between regions and communities throughout the country;
  
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  The preservation of the existing road network and high-priority efforts to maintain, repair and upgrade existing roads;
  
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  The establishment of a network of modern motorways in the directions of the principal road traffic flows, including international transport corridors, bringing permissible vehicle loads and dimensions up to international standards;
  
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  The construction of new and improvement of existing roads, where appropriate, increasing the capacity of suburban roads and city streets; construction of bypasses; provision of road access to primary transport hubs, railway stations, sea and river ports, airports, terminals and other transport infrastructure facilities;
  
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  A reduction in transport costs, an increase in traffic speeds, optimization of the road network and a reduction in the number of unnecessarily long road journeys, better and faster carriage of goods and passengers by road;
  
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  Year-round transport links to communities, provision of timely medical treatment, increased road safety, reduction in the number and scale of losses due to road traffic incidents, and a reduction in the adverse impact of road transport on the environment;
  
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  Better value for money spent on the roads: more effective systems for managing and financing the road infrastructure and a better system of pricing and procurement for the road network;
  
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  Better road works through the use of new technologies and materials, the application of advances in science and technology and the development of the national road engineering and road-building industries;
  
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  Job creation in the highway sector, other economic sectors and in service industries connected with the road infrastructure and road transport.
  

3. Infrastructure measures to eliminate bottlenecks

4. Financing of infrastructure maintenance, upgrading and construction

Corridor IX

Roads:

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  Construction of bypasses around St. Petersburg (8.9 km put into operation at a cost of 9,745.6 million rubles (RUB) and Vyborg (16.6 km, RUB 410.6 million) on the highway from the Finnish border (origin Helsinki) to St. Petersburg in order to divert road transit traffic away from urban areas;
  
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  Upgrading of the St. Petersburg-Moscow highway involving the widening of the carriageway to four lanes (13 km, RUB 42.1 million);
  
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  Reconstruction and upgrading of the Moscow outer ring road (7.6 km, RUB 92.7 million);
  
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  Upgrading of the approach roads to Russian seaports on the Gulf of Finland either under construction or undergoing renovation (8 km, RUB 95.8 million);
  
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  Upgrading of the St. Petersburg-Pskov-Belarusian border highway (continuing to Vitebsk, Gomel and Kiev) (RUB 78.8 million).
  

Railways:

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  Reconstruction of the St. Petersburg-Buslovskaya section (RUB 162.8 million);
  
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  Development of the St. Petersburg rail hub, including the reconstruction and development of the stations serving the main port at St. Petersburg (RUB 1,020.6 million);
  
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  Construction of stations to service new seaports (RUB 70 million);
  
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  Development of the border station at Chernyshevskoe (Kaliningrad oblast) (RUB 46.2 million);
  
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  Development of the border station at Suzemka (RUB 10.9 million);
  
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  Construction of the Ladoga station in St. Petersburg (RUB 6,629.7 million).
  

Corridor II

Roads:

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  Expansion of highway capacity along the route Belarusian border-Smolensk-Moscow-Vladimir-Nizhny Novgorod involving widening of the carriageway to four lanes and the construction of a bypass around Vladimir (RUB 388.3 million);
  
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  Construction of a bypass around Nizhny Novgorod (RUB 254.1 million).
  

Barents Sea/Euro-Arctic transport area

Roads:

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  Reconstruction and upgrading of the St. Petersburg-Murmansk highway and construction of a bridge spanning the Kola Gulf (25.5 km, RUB 619.2 million);
  
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  Construction and reconstruction of sections of the highway along the route St. Petersburg-Medvezhyegorsk-Syktyvkar-Perm in the Republic of Karelia (12 km, RUB 110.3 million).
  

Railways:

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  Electrification of the Malenga-Sumsky Posad section in the Republic of Karelia (RUB 873.7 million);
  
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  Electrification of the Idel-Svir section in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad oblast (RUB 1,036.1 million);
  
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  Electrification of the Ledmozero-Kochkoma line (RUB 1.0 million).
  

Inland waterways:

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  Reconstruction of lock No. 10 on the Belomorsko-Baltic canal.
  

Black Sea transport area

Roads:

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  Construction and reconstruction of sections of the highway along the route Voronezh Rostov na Donu-Novorossiisk/Sochi in Rostov oblast and Krasnodar Territory (22.6 km, RUB 617.4 million);
  
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  Construction of a bypass around Sochi (RUB 439.7 million);
  
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  Construction and reconstruction of sections of the Maikop-Tuapse highway (RUB 70 million);
  
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  Construction and reconstruction of sections of the Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway (1 km, RUB 629.7 million).
  

Railways:

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  Electrification of the Saratov-Salsk-Tikhoretskaya section in Rostov oblast and Krasnodar Territory (RUB 2,745.6 million);
  
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  Reconstruction of the Tuapse-Adler section (RUB 23.7 million);
  
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  Reconstruction of the Bolshoi Novorossiisky tunnel (RUB 30 million);
  
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  Reconstruction of the Krymskaya-Anapa section (RUB 108 million);
  
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  Development of the border stations at Gukovo (RUB 107.5 million), Uspenskaya (RUB 32.5 million), Adler (Veseloe) (RUB 25.6 million);
  
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  Reconstruction of the port stations at Tuapse (RUB 290 million) and Novorossiisk (RUB 510 million).
  

Inland waterways:

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  Shipping is limited by the inadequate size of the structures at Kochetovskaya on the River Don (construction of the second string of locks has not started).
  

Table

Infrastructure bottlenecks on Pan-European transport corridors in the Russian Federation