Transbaikalia: It will take at least 2 years to repair roads

The flood waters, which caused the largest flood in the Transbaikalia during observations, damaged roads in 19 regions of the region. According to preliminary estimates of experts, the repair will take at least 2 years.

The damage to the road industry of the region, according to preliminary data, reaches 1 billion rubles. In total, 50 bridges and 156 kilometers of local and regional roads suffered from water, said Konstantin Suzdalnitsky, deputy minister of territorial development of Transbaikalia on road transport issues.

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Today, all settlements with which were interrupted by damage and destruction from the flood have become available, the authorities said. At first, according to Suzdalnitsky, travel in places of destroyed message is organized along the bypass routes and temporary artificial structures. But the stage of complete restoration of roads will begin no earlier than 9 months that will go to prepare the project, and the construction itself will require at least another year.

Now, after redistribution of funds, the road fund has allocated 112 million rubles to restore roads. Later it is planned to allocate another 20 million rubles.

On July 9, an emergency regime was introduced in Transbaikalia. On July 10, the city and villages of four regions were flooded in the region: Tungokochensky, Karymsky, Shilkinsky and Chitinsky. On July 11, 2860 people were evacuated from Chita, 18 country cooperatives and 14 streets were flooded in the city. The administration of Chita admitted that they did not warn about the consequences of increasing the river level in Transbaikalia of all residents of the city. This flood has become the largest in the history of observations. During the passage of the flood in 60 settlements in the territory of 15 municipalities, 839 residential buildings were flooded.