Yuri Trutnev instructed to develop a program for the renovation of Transbaikalsk

In Transbaikalia, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District, Yuri Trutnev, held a meeting on November 22 on the implementation of logistics projects in the Transbaikal Territory, the development of transport and cross-border infrastructure at checkpoints. “Yesterday we discussed the implementation of investment projects in the Trans-Baikal Territory. They form the basis for the development of the Far East and our entire country. In continuation of today’s visit to checkpoints, we are holding a meeting on the development of logistics cross-border projects,” Yuri Trutnev opened the meeting. The Deputy Prime Minister recalled that Transbaikalia occupies an important position on the logistics map of Russia. The largest railways, the Baikal-Amur and the Trans-Siberian, as well as three federal roads pass through the region. This makes it possible to transport cargo from all over the country to neighboring Mongolia and China. The Trans-Baikal Territory accounts for about 48% of the external land trade turnover of the Far East, or 17 million tons. Obviously, these numbers will only grow. The railway and road infrastructure and checkpoints of the region must be ready for this. The development of cross-border infrastructure in Transbaikalia will, among other things, make it possible to relieve congestion in part of the Eastern railway range, located to the east of the region. In addition, it is necessary to create additional spaces on the border with China and Mongolia for transshipment, sorting and storage of goods. One of the region’s significant projects for the development of railway checkpoints, included in the protocol of instructions of the President of the Russian Federation following the meeting on the development of Far Eastern cities, is the acceleration of the reconstruction of the Zabaikalsk station, including the narrow gauge parks “I” and “G”, as well as the construction of the second main 1435 mm gauge tracks on the Zabaikalsk - Manchuria section, which will allow the implementation of the project to significantly increase the throughput capacity of the railway border crossing. The construction of the second main 1435 mm gauge track on the Zabaikalsk-Manchuria section was entrusted to FESCO. FESCO Transport Group, one of the largest transport and logistics companies in Russia, with assets in the field of sea, port, railway and integrated logistics business and a full-fledged participant in the transport segment of the Russian economy, presented a project to create a modern transport and logistics center “Terminal Zabaikalsk”. Terminal Zabaikalsk LLC (part of the FESCO TG) signed an agreement with the KRDV to obtain the status of a resident of the ASEZ within the framework of the EEF-2023. The total investment will be about 4 billion rubles. The implementation of the project will create more than 130 new jobs in the region. According to FESCO Group Vice President Boris Ivanov, the project involves the construction of a container terminal from scratch on a land plot with a total area of more than 120 hectares adjacent to the Zabaikalsk railway station. To connect the container terminal to public railway tracks, investments will be made in the construction of its own railway station Obmennaya, non-public tracks connecting them to the public infrastructure of the Zabaikalsk station, the Transbaikal Railway - a branch of Russian Railways OJSC. The container terminal will be designed for transport processing (transshipment) of up to 1.5 million tons of container and conventional cargo. Delivery of goods will be carried out by rail and road transport. The Tamarix Group of Companies plans to implement a project to create logistics centers in the region as a resident of the Transbaikalia ASEZ; for this purpose, the boundaries of the ASEZ are being expanded. The Deputy Prime Minister drew attention to the need to intensify the modernization of checkpoints and border infrastructure in Zabaikalsk. The renovation of Zabaikalsk was discussed. Yuri Trutnev instructed the region, together with interested federal ministries and departments, to work out proposals for updating housing and communal services, social and transport infrastructure. “The Government of the Trans-Baikal Territory has approved a comprehensive program for the accelerated socio-economic development of Zabaikalsk and the Trans-Baikal region. We will implement it and allocate the appropriate funds. But in Zabaikalsk there is a significant scale of accumulated problems. The depreciation of all housing and communal services is 98%. It is impossible to completely put Zabaikalsk in order on your own in the near future. Therefore, Yuri Petrovich Trutnev gave us appropriate instructions, supported us in the initiative, together with the federal government, to find a comprehensive financing solution and create an appropriate program,” said Alexander Osipov, Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory. “Zabaikalsk is a territory that creates added value. People work here who process commodity flows, collect customs payments, and these payments amount to billions of rubles. I believe that some part of this flow can be directed to the development of Zabaikalsk, so that people here live in decent conditions. conditions and the village looked good. This is not only possible, but necessary. I addressed this wish to the Russian Ministry of Finance. I hope they will react to it,” Yuri Trutnev summed up the results. Source: https://75.ru/news/341646 [https://75.ru/news/341646]