Russian road discussion

Considerable discussion is being carried out in Russia on the country's future highway requirements.
March 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Considerable discussion is being carried out in Russia on the country's future highway requirements. One group made up of experts from the Higher School of Economics (HSE) and the 3477 Moscow Automobile and Road Institute (MADI) says that greater road development is required. This group also says that the current layout of the road system, radiating from capital Moscow, should be revised and changed to the North-South and East-West grid system used in many other countries. However this expert comment runs counter to the country's official Transport Strategy until 2030, which says that some US$2.15 trillion should be spent on road construction and a further $2.08 trillion on rail. The expert group has also suggested a tightening of the controls on road investment funding, saying that a significant percentage are spent inappropriately.

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