The readiness of the Southern Latitudinal highway in St. Petersburg has reached 60%

The construction of the Southern Latitudinal Highway continues in the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg. As of Wednesday, November 19, the road readiness is 60%, the Smolny press service reports.

"The construction is proceeding according to plan. The successful implementation of such large—scale projects directly affects the quality of life of our citizens and the dynamics of the city's development," said Governor Alexander Beglov.

According to him, a large infrastructure facility is being built as part of one of the key priorities of urban development, Convenient public transport.

As he writes 78.ru , the working movement on the overpass in the alignment of the Petersburg highway has already been launched. It is one of three in the composition of the future highway.

In November, the builders completed concreting the span on the overpass over the railway tracks of the Vitebsk direction. The facility's readiness has reached 80%. The overpass over the tracks of the Baltic direction is 85% ready.

Earlier, Izvestia reported that the Moscow—St. Petersburg high-speed railway line will be connected to the satellite Internet. The provider may be Bureau 1440, the Russian equivalent of Elon Musk's Starlink.

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