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The Moscow government has approved a three-year metro development program

It seems that the mayor of the richest city in the country, one of the leaders of United Russia, Yuri Luzhkov, even on the eve of the elections, does not have to count on material support from his federal party colleagues. At least the three-year metro construction plan for 2008-2010, adopted at the end of October, which the capital’s mayor hoped to transfer under the “tutorship” of United Russia in early autumn, differs little in its expenditure part from the original version. Compared to September, expenses for introducing new stations increased by only 5 billion rubles. -- it is assumed that in three years the metro builders will spend a little more than 118 billion.

Let us recall that in early autumn, the mayor rejected the initial version of the three-year construction, believing that “it makes sense to turn to the main political party in Russia so that it would take control and custody of the construction of the metro, including increasing the volume of financing for metro construction in the city.” The mayor, in particular, complained about the low rate of satisfaction of the demand of residents of the Moscow outskirts for walking distance to the metro. “The construction of the metro in remote areas of the city must be accelerated,” Mr. Luzhkov said then. As it has now become clear, the city will have to speed up the process of developing underground space mainly at the expense of its budget.

According to estimates by the Moscow Committee for Architecture, due to the implementation of the three-year program, the number of Muscovites living in areas remote from the metro should be reduced from 23 to 20% in three years. However, the funds allocated by the city will only be enough to fine-tune projects that have already begun. The three-year plan, the document notes, “concentrates public investment on sites with the greatest readiness.” That is, from 2008 to 2010, long-announced stations are expected to be put into operation - such as Trubnaya, Strogino, Volokolamskaya, Mitino, Maryina Roshcha, Zyablikovo, Sretensky Boulevard. In addition, metro builders promise to commission another Technopark station in 2009. The same stations as “Brateevo” on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, “Likhobory” (Seligerskaya) on the Lyublinskaya Line, “Solntsevo” and “Olympic Village” will appear no earlier than 2011.

Taking into account the construction of the Solntsevskaya line, the extension of the Kalininskaya and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro lines to Solntsevo, Novo-Peredelkino, Novokosino and Zhulebino, metro builders, according to the document, must soon submit plans for the development of the metro until 2015 for consideration by the Moscow government. In particular, it is also assumed that by this point the Kalininskaya line through the new Ostozhenka station will reach Smolenskaya and will connect with the branch going to Moscow City. The continuation of this line should be the Kadashevskaya station.

Yulia KHOMCHENKO