While the construction of the last 70 km of the M12 “Eastern” highway, which will connect Moscow and Kazan through five regions of Russia, has been completed, the readiness rate of the Tatarstan section has exceeded 95%. In this respect reports “ONLINE BUSINESS”.
According to the publication, there is no specific date for the high-speed toll highway to be put into service, but it could happen on December 20. Currently, on the eighth stage of the road, builders are installing barriers, road signs, protective screens, and also introducing artificial lighting. At the same time, the sixth stage launch complex is being prepared, stretching from the Nizhny Novgorod region to the Chuvash Republic.
“The M12 was originally designed for extreme load levels. For this purpose, both the road capacity and the estimated traffic density (number of trucks passing) were calculated 24 years in advance, until 2048! The thickness of the road coating turned out to be 102 centimeters – this is asphalt, crushed stone, sand, etc., said Rashit Khazipov, head of the eighth stage of the M12 Vostok project of the state company. Avtodor.
Noise barriers were placed near settlements along the route, forests and forest fields were surrounded by nets for the safety of animals. Six eco-channels were also provided to enable them to cross to the other side of the highway.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in February aforementionedthat the under-construction M12 Moscow-Kazan highway will be extended to Yekaterinburg and eventually to Vladivostok. Putin noted that the expansion of the route will be accompanied by the opening of routes to Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.
Previously a man near Ryazan opened Vehicles were opened fire on the M5 highway.