II International forum of investors and operators of road infrastructure opens in Kazan

On April 17 II International forum of investors and operators of road infrastructure opened in Kazan. Aide to Russian President Igor Levitin, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, and Board Chairman of a government company “Avtodor” Sergey Kelbakh took part in a plenary session.

Opening the plenary session, Head of Tatarstan Government noted the importance of holding the forum in Tatarstan in terms of exchanging experience and find out more about innovations. He expressed hope for discussing the project of international transport corridor “Europe-Western China”.

Ildar Khalikov stressed that many projects are being implemented in Tatarstan, most major industrial enterprises that are located in Kama industrial cluster face problems connected with roads overloading. “In a challenging economic and geopolitical situation we should pay more attention to providing comfortable conditions for developing transport industry,” Ildar Khalikov continued.

Igor Levitin, in his turn, said that creation of “Avtodor” company was an important project for Russia. “Kazan demonstrates a good example when federal and regional budgets, and companies together bring quality transport products. We tested transport logistics at Kazan Universiade, and this experience was used at Sochi Olympics,” he added.

Speaking about the project of central ring motorway supported by Russian President, Igor Levitin noted that will be discussed within the framework of the forum on April 18.