The Minister of Crimea: connect the Peninsula to the mainland can tunnel
The Minister of Crimea Oleg Saveliev told reporters that still Discusses the various options of the overpass from the Crimea to the mainland, where the construction of the bridge, and the construction of the tunnel.
first Plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Crimea under the President of the Russian Federation Georgy Muradov said that the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait is dangerous, because in the future, its operation is able to be compounded by adverse weather conditions, for this reason, foreign corporations offer to make a tunnel, which will be cheaper bridge.
" Consider all options, and among them the tunnel and Bridge, as well as among them the options of the target. Today we have a preliminary design, but it believes it is possible to fix it due to additional circumstances. For this reason, I do not exclude such drastic changes, like a tunnel, and not the Bridge, " said Savelyev.
The Minister added that in taking any of the possible solutions should not forget about the shortest possible time, which had to be built so important for Crimea overpass, and about the cost of one or the other option.
The bridge across the Kerch Strait length of about 19 kilometers must be built in 2018-2020. It will contain a four-lane road crossing and two railway tracks. The project cost may exceed 228 billion rubles. Now to get to the Crimea with mainland Russia through Ukraine or the Kerch Strait by ferry. Zam. the head of government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak had previously stated that the construction of transport crossing through the Kerch Strait is expected to start in autumn this year, a number of Russian and foreign organizations have already told about the readiness to proceed to construction of the bridge.
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