New innovation in Russia for road connections

Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development, Rusnano, the Federal Highway Agency, Governments of Moscow, the Tatarstan Republic (Volga), and the Ryazan region (Central) are planning to invest US$3.13 billion in a pilot project for innovative infrastructure projects. Called Innovative Roads, this joint federal pilot project is intended to increase road service life by three-five times, cut energy consumption for roads by 10-15 times, and lower the weight of bridges and barriers by three times. Inventory of roa
January 25, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development, Rusnano, the 2865 Federal Highway Agency, Governments of Moscow, the Tatarstan Republic (Volga), and the Ryazan region (Central) are planning to invest US$3.13 billion in a pilot project for innovative infrastructure projects. Called Innovative Roads, this joint federal pilot project is intended to increase road service life by three-five times, cut energy consumption for roads by 10-15 times, and lower the weight of bridges and barriers by three times. Inventory of road signs will be held. Energy-saving lighting facilities, including LED lamps will be installed while new materials will be used for road construction. Traffic control systems based on the GLONASS satellite network will be introduced and a tender process will be announced after technical specifications for Innovative Roads policy have been developed. The best projects will be implemented in the Republic of Tatarstan, Moscow, and the Ryazan region.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Russia sets out motorway development strategy up to 2030
    August 9, 2016
    Russia is looking to spend upwards of US$106 billion to improve motorways in Siberia, the Ural Mountains and central Asia by 2030. A report by the Russian financial newspaper Kommersant said that the federal transport ministry and the Federal Road Transport Agency – Rosavtodor - have designed a strategy to build another 15,000km of toll motorways to add to the already 5,000km. However, some of the ‘new’ motorways could be upgrades of two-lane roads. Between 30-50% of the cost will be borne by the priv
    Read More
  • State-of-the art road tunnels in construction and use of ITS
    April 25, 2013
    A wealth of major road tunnel construction projects and significant cant ITS installations within existing key road tunnels have been recently completed or will soon be underway. Guy Woodford examines some of them. A state-of-the art Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) - the 10th largest ever to be built worldwide will be put to work later this year on New Zealand Transport Agency’s landmark Waterview Connection project in Auckland. The giant Herrenknecht-manufactured machine will be used to construct the twin 2.5
    Read More
  • Safety on Asia’s Highways: Brimming with Innovation reports IRF Washington office
    June 11, 2019
    While efforts to improve road safety on the Asian continent are finally starting to pay off, the challenge to reduce fatalities remains immense. According to the Asian Development Bank, 60% of the annual 1.2 million fatal traffic injuries take place on Asia’s road network. Many of the contributing factors to this epidemic such as deficient infrastructure, outdated standards, and poor enforcement can be addressed with proper political leadership, well trained agency staff, and knowledge resources. However,
    Read More
  • Poland's ambitious highway construction plans
    July 10, 2012
    The European football championships are among a number of things pushing Poland's ambitious highway building programme. Patrick Smith reports. Poland is planning to spend a colossal €4.57 billion on road projects in 2009, a 35% increase over the previous year. T
    Read More

Highlighted Content