Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin said that the Russian authorities plan to discuss with China and Kazakhstan the construction of the exit of the M-12 highway to the international borders of the country, synchronizing it with road plans. He reported that DEA News on the sidelines of the international economic forum “Russia – Islamic world: KazanForum”.
We are talking about the construction time and the number of lanes on the highway.
“If we build a four-lane road to the border, and the Cossacks have two, then the capacity of the route will be two. Today we have already agreed with the Turkmen, they will be expanded to four lanes and they will have access to the Kazakh side,” said Khusnullin, adding that the Russian side plans to bypass Astrakhan and reach the Kazakhstan border in four lanes from here.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation in April knowledgeableTraffic along the M-12 highway from Moscow to Kazan can be opened by the end of 2023. The construction of the extension of the M-12 Vostok highway to Yekaterinburg is scheduled for 2024.