"Golden Bridge" in Crimea could break the world record price

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The bridge across the Kerch Strait, which should connect to the Kuban in 2018 with the Crimea as compared to the initial estimates rose six times and approached the absolute world record for the cost of such projects. Automobile and railway crossing through the Kerch Strait can cost up to 376.5 billion rubles. Media reaction to the construction of the "golden gate" in Crimea leads Zagolovki.ru site.

RBC Daily writes that initially Kerch ferry regarded as the Russian-Ukrainian investment project. After the annexation of the Crimea and the beginning of the conflict the bridge rose more than six times in two months, starting with the 50 billion rubles. However, when the head of the Ministry of Transport Maxim Sokolov spoke about the initial cost of the project he had in mind only the road bridge.

Either one vehicle transition can be financed from the National Welfare Fund, so the construction of Kerch ferry interests of large companies engaged in infrastructure construction, the players in the field of bridge engineering and tunnel construction. Company "Mostotrest" controlled by businessmen Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, along with "USK Most" is going to participate in the construction.

About his interest in the construction of the transition the company said "Volgomost", "Stroytransgaz" and "Bamtonnelstroy." In place of the future construction of checking and representatives of the largest Chinese companies in the field of infrastructure construction China Construction Communication company.

The project will pay off at least 20 years, but this will have to pay to make the bridge not only for trucks and buses, but also for all passenger cars, says "Kommersant".

Director of the Institute of Transport Economics and Transport Policy HSE said Mikhail Blinkin choice Tuzla bridge option "most reasonable" in terms of "consensus between logistics, technical and urban planning." He notes that the very high cost of the project can be justified: the geological and hydrological conditions in the Kerch Strait, "one of the worst", which was one of the reasons that the bridge was built in the Soviet Union. You can build it solely for political reasons, the expert said, given the low base of cargo and passenger traffic, consisting mainly of tourists.

"Novye Izvestia" published opinion of political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin: "The rising cost due to the fact that the participants are well aware of construction: monopoly situation, the government is not going anywhere. Eventually it will be probably the most expensive bridge in the world."

On the one hand, this is due to the difficulty of tasks, the expert said, - under Ukrainian blockade is necessary to ensure traffic on the bridge cars, trains, to include in the pipeline infrastructure for water supply, fasten the power line. The bridge must be even higher - that could go under it ships. Also takes into account the seismic hazard zone. There are no alternatives - sail on the sea is expensive and slow. Another thing, if there were competition, the cost of the bridge, which may be a record in the world, could be significantly reduced, said Oreshkin.