Skip to main content

Russian roads in Siberia to be revamped

A series of road projects are to be carried out in Russia’s Irkutsk Region in Siberia during 2019. The plans call for 175km of roads to be rebuilt in 2019, with the budget for the work set at US$105 million. This represents a substantial gain in road repairs over the 2018 plan, for which the budget has been just $60 million. For the 2019-2024 period, a road repair plan of $1.32 billion is being set for the Irkutsk Region.
October 30, 2018 Read time: 1 min

A series of road projects are to be carried out in Russia’s Irkutsk Region in Siberia during 2019. The plans call for 175km of roads to be rebuilt in 2019, with the budget for the work set at US$105 million. This represents a substantial gain in road repairs over the 2018 plan, for which the budget has been just $60 million. For the 2019-2024 period, a road repair plan of $1.32 billion is being set for the Irkutsk Region.

Related Content

  • Russian road repair programme for Vologda Region
    July 8, 2019
    A major programme of road repairs and maintenance is planned for Russia’s Vologda Region. A budget of US$585.5 million has been set for the work. The plan is for 50% of the road network in the Vologda Region to meet necessary standards for quality by 2024. At present just 32% of the road network in the region meets with the required standards. A budget will also be set for building new roads in the region. One of the priority projects to be carried out under the road building scheme is for the Vologda Bypas
  • Russian road revamp for Volga area
    May 4, 2017
    A budget of US$400.5 million is being set for a series of road improvements in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region (Volga) during 2017. The funding will be directed towards repairs and maintenance for roads in the area. The programme of works calls for improvements to be carried out to 115km of roads that have been identified as being in unsatisfactory condition. In all 400,000m3 of asphalt will be used for the road upgrades. Meanwhile specific projects to be carried out include the construction of a second bri
  • Russia plans building city bypasses
    May 18, 2020
    Russia is planning building bypasses around 12 cities.
  • Russian road rebuilding for Siberia
    February 4, 2019
    Russia is spending heavily on improving roads in Siberia’s Novosibirsk Region during 2019. Federal funding worth US$75 million will be used to pay for work in the Novosibirsk Region. The work includes carrying on with work for the Eastern Bypass around Novosibirsk and rebuilding a stretch of the R-254 Irtysh Federal Highway in Kochenevo District, lying to the west of Novosibirsk. Phase I of the Eastern Bypass is 14km long and should be complete in 2021. Work on Phase II of the Eastern Bypass is due to comme