Translated material
Tver ambush
Reconstruction of the square near the Belorussky railway station begins
Another transport disaster awaits the center of Moscow. In the near future, the Moscow authorities intend to begin a large-scale reconstruction of one of the busiest transport hubs - Tverskaya Zastava Square at the Belorussky Station, where Gruzinsky and Butyrsky Val, as well as Yamskoye Polya, Brestskaya and Lesnaya streets, converge on Tverskaya Street.The builders promise not to completely block Tverskaya, but traffic on the adjacent streets, which even today have many kilometers of traffic jams during rush hour, will be limited. If we take into account that these highways do not have backups, and repairs are also underway on the Third Transport Ring in the Leningradka area, then there is no doubt that the upcoming reconstruction will paralyze traffic in the entire area. Hell for motorists will last until 2007, when the investment project is scheduled to be completed.
Let us remind you that the decision on the global reconstruction of the Tverskaya Zastava was made by the Moscow government a year ago, at the same time the investor and construction customer was identified, which became the Stroyinkom-K company. As the head of the company, Alexander Khaldei, told a Vremya Novostey correspondent, during the work it is planned to extend the Tverskaya overpass towards the center, along which the street passes over the railway tracks, and to dig a second tunnel under Tverskaya along the Gruzinsky Val - Lesnaya line, which will allow traffic along Tverskaya continuous. The stalls under the existing overpass will be demolished and the road will be widened to three lanes. All flat station parking lots, the total capacity of which today does not exceed 200 parking spaces, will also be eliminated. Instead, there will be a multi-level parking underground that can accommodate 1,410 cars. Next to the parking lot, the largest underground shopping complex in the capital with a total area of 53 thousand square meters will be built. meters.
In accordance with the terms of the investment contract, which is estimated at $200 million, the company must take ownership of shopping complexes and parking, and the city must take ownership of the transport interchange.
After spending almost a year completing the necessary documents, the investors finally got to work. The first victim of the builders should be the monument to Maxim Gorky, the square and the flat parking lots surrounding it. The monument will be dismantled and put into storage until the work is completed, and construction sheds will be erected on the site of the park and parking lots. The construction of fences has now begun. Completion of preparatory work is scheduled for December 2005.
Then the builders will strengthen the structures of the metro and buildings falling within the zone of influence of the projected construction, remove engineering structures and only after that they will begin to excavate the foundation pit.
It is expected that after reconstruction, the appearance of the square will change little - the Gorky monument will return to its place, the square and lawns will be restored. The presence of a shopping center underneath will only be revealed by an illuminated glass dome, like on Manezhnaya Square. But the organization of traffic on the square will change significantly - out of six traffic lights, only two will remain. However, all this will happen in the future; for now, Muscovites are strongly advised not to approach the Belorussky railway station in private cars during rush hour, much less try to park there. Moreover, it remains unclear how the builders will complete the overpass without blocking traffic on it, and how safe it is to drive along the highway, under which a three-lane wide tunnel is being dug. Recently, even the construction of an ordinary underground passage across the Garden Ring caused the failure of the roadway and a serious accident.