The press service of the Regional Ministry of Transport announced a safety initiative designed to protect students by equipping select regional road sections with projection lighting. The program targets the routes surrounding educational facilities, aiming to improve visibility for pedestrians and drivers in poor weather and at night.
In total, lighting will be installed along the pathways of 90 educational institutions, including preschools, general education schools, gymnasia, and lyceums. The project involves mounting U- or L-shaped supports at pedestrian crossings and projecting road signs onto the roadway with LED projectors. This approach makes pedestrians and traffic signage more conspicuous for drivers after dark and in adverse weather conditions. As part of a pilot phase, projection lighting has already been deployed near the Primakov gymnasium in Razdory village, according to Alexey Gerzhik, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport for the Moscow Region.
Work is planned near several schools and a kindergarten on Kosmonavtov, Kommunisticheskaya, Karl Marx, Mikhalevich and Chugunov streets in Ramenskoye. In Istra, the program will illuminate areas near eight educational facilities along the Volokolamsk Highway, as well as near kindergartens on the street. In Pobeda Dedovsk and on Komsomolskaya Street in Pavlovskaya Sloboda, lighting will be installed as well. In Odintsovo, illumination is slated for the Dubovskaya school area, while the VNIISOK facility near the Perkhushkovskaya school in Perkhushkovo will also benefit. Additional sites include the Tatarka and Chastsovskaya schools in Chastsovo, as well as the Tatarkovskaya school.
Beyond these locations, projection lighting is being introduced at pedestrian crossings and signage around educational institutions in Balashikha, Volokolamsk, Dmitrov, Krasnogorsk, Kotelniki, Sergiev Posad, Taldom and other municipalities. The initiative reflects a regional push to create safer commutes for students and school communities through enhanced, energy-efficient visibility in varied lighting conditions.