Section of M7 “Volga” motorway opened after reconstruction in Elabuga region
24 October 2014, Friday
On October 24, Head of Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Head of Federal Treasury Institution “Volgo-Vyatskupravtodor” Ildar Mingazov, and heads of contracting organizations took part in solemn opening of a section of M7 “Volga” motorway after reconstruction in Elabuga region.
Ildar Khalikov congratulated road workers on the event and thanked them for quality work done a year earlier than it was expected. Racers of KAMAZ-Master team also tested the quality of the road today.
The motorway section was built in 1974-1980. After reconstruction the traffic capacity will increase twice. The traffic is now one-way and safe. 7.6 billion roubles of federal funds were allocated for the repair works. The road workers noted that modern technologies that improve the holding power were used during the repair works.
Construction of the second section – Elabuga-Izhevsk-Novomendeleevsk chemical plant that opened today started in December 2012. The road provides safe access to Novomendeleevsk chemical plant.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.