In the interests of wartime

In the village near Murmansk, the military renovated the bridge and forbade the civilian population to walk on it

“The instruction of the head of the General Staff is the use of the bridge only in the interests of the Ministry of Defense. The inhabitants of the village have nothing to do with the Ministry of Defense! " -The commander of the military unit responds in the Komanda. The bridge, they say, is not yours, you didn’t build it, it’s not for you to trample. The bridge is equipped with a gate and young lady in military uniform. The young lady is ordered not to let go - and the inhabitants of the already depressed village of Schonguy fall into the final depression. The village is located on two sides of the Kola River, but now there is no go from the shore to the shore. Strategic object.

Actually, the bridge over the cola fell apart in the summer. Surely a day after the villagers placed a poster on an emergency building: “We need a bridge. Putin, help! " They heard that the head of state was going to Murmansk, and decided that he could not pass by Schonguya. But Putin did not come. And the flimsy bridge of 1951 could not stand the construction of the guarantor: he collapsed the next day, nearly muffling the fisherman.

Local authorities were optimistic and offered the population two options for actions at once. First: to recall that traveling along the bridge was prohibited by decision of the prosecutor’s office since spring, and instead of it a detour was proposed - through two neighboring villages, Kildinstroy and magnetites. Only 6.5 km of hook. Well, the second option: the construction of a new bridge. Already there is an estimate - 300 million rubles. At the same time, the village administration received a commercial offer for the construction of a new bridge for 100-110 million.

The “sum of money” of residents impressed more than the crash itself. The fact that the bridge is not Kerch, but Cola is not a Volga, they decided to remind the governor Kovtun. The project for 300 million in contacting it was called corruption. They also criticized the “alternative travel”:

“The so -called“ alternative passage ”through the Magnetite station and through the Kildinstroy village is not travel, but directions. The road surface is on one, which is absent on the other. The passage through magnetites has already warned the railway ( “Russian Railways”. - T. B. ), will be redeemed with a moat and concrete blocks will be installed, since the use of this direction threatens traffic safety. Traveling through Kildinstroy is a dead end resting on the railway, on which there is no railway crossing. The crossing was dismantled by the railway in 2005, and the railway is not going to restore it. ”

The decision was made right there: military engineers came to Shongi. Regional officials joyfully reported that the bridge, albeit temporary, but suitable, in the shortest possible time, brought the Ministry of Defense forces. Moreover, they checked for strength, having driven a column of heavy equipment on it during the exercises.

Here's the trouble: as soon as the technique, the television cameras and officials left the bridge, the gates leading to it closed. The property of the military department can only be exploited in the interests of the military department - the residents were told.

The unit commander proposed to those who need travel to the left bank to submit applications for passes - as in ZATO.

And the local authorities again started talking about how many hundreds of millions would be able to master on the construction of a new bridge - for civilians.