Putin's Aurus Tests Moscow CRR

The quality of the road surface on the Moscow Region Central Ring Road (CRR) was appreciated by Vladimir Putin at the wheel of the presidential Aurus.

On a short trip, the head of state was accompanied by a girl - an Avtodor specialist. And, of course, not some ordinary employee.

As it became clear from the dialogue, the chief specialist Stanislav Kuznetsova prepared thoroughly for the presentation of the road for the President.

At this time, the builders were already waiting for the President's command to start the movement along the last remaining section of the Central Ring Road.

To the sound of horns, a column of construction equipment set off along the section between Simferopol and Kaluga highways. Traditionally, the builders were the first to get the right to drive on the new road.

At the head of the convoy are two unmanned trucks. These last 25 kilometers, due to the abundance of engineering communications, turned out to be the most difficult - the road was built here for more than a year. And now the Central Ring has closed.

The central ring road runs about 50 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road. The highway is laid bypassing large settlements and connects 13 federal highways. One of the sections of the Central Ring Road also passes through the territory of new Moscow.

This is on frames of accelerated shooting, where days and weeks are compressed into seconds, everything seems to be fast and simple. In fact, the construction of the giant ring road took about seven years.

First, the western section was opened - from the Kaluzhskoe highway to the M-10 Russia highway. It's free. Only a small part of it has been rebuilt, mainly a reconstructed concrete pavement.

Further clockwise. The longest is the third launch complex: the 106-kilometer track was built from scratch. From the highway M-11 Neva to M-7 Volga. You can fly along it from the north-west to the south-east of the Moscow region in an hour.

Last winter, TsKAD-4, 97 kilometers long, also started working. It connects the highways M-7 Volga and M-4 Don. And here is the finish line to the Kaluga highway.

A total of 55 bridges, 144 overpasses and 18 transport interchanges have been built on the 336.5 km long highway.

The new road will become a key factor in the development of the Moscow region. It will create about 15 thousand jobs.

The Central Ring Road will become part of the Europe-Western China international corridor. The Russian section of the transport artery with a length of 2500 kilometers will include a high-speed highway from the Kazakh border, the Moscow-Kazan highway under construction with an exit through the new ring around Moscow to the M-11 road to St. Petersburg.

In 2024, a high-speed highway from Kazan to Yekaterinburg should also open. The President discussed the progress of work with the governors and Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnulin, who is in charge of the project.

After the launch ceremony, Vladimir Putin talked with the builders of the Central Automobile Ring. Almost 180 thousand cars pass along the highway every day. Now, after the commissioning of all sections of the new ring, this figure is likely to become even higher.