8 september 2014

Kurgan region increases its transport-transit potential

In the summer of 2014 a series of public events, the purposes of which are synchronized with the theme of party’s project “Saint-Petersburg – the Sea Capital of Russia” was held in the Kurgan region. The purposes include the development of transport and transit potential, the safety and staffing of transport complex, protection of the environment.

On 23 June at the base of Public Chamber of the Kurgan region the expanded meeting was held, during which there was a public discussion of the implementation of regional policy in the natural resource management and environmental protection, inter alia, the program “The environmental management and protection of the environment in 2014-2020” launched in 2014.

In August 2014 the concept of creating the transport and logistics complex in the Urals Federal District, in the territory of Trans-Urals was developed in the Kurgan region. Such a center lets increase the international transport and logistic opportunities of Russia, optimize the movement of cargo flows and increase the economic efficiency of transport in the Urals Federal District, give the economic multiplier effect of the regional development.

The idea of such a transport and logistic center establishment within the PPP was supported by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin during the meeting with the Acting Governor of the Kurgan region A.G. Kokorin on 15 August 2014. The President of the Russian Federation gave instructions to further development of the proposal.


The round table, where the public discussion of concept of creating the transport and logistics complex was organized, was held within the development of this initiative on 20 August headed by the Deputy Governor of the Kurgan region, the regional coordinator of the project “Saint-Petersburg – the Sea Capital of Russia” Vadim Shumkov.

The event was attended by representatives of public organizations, experts, federal and regional authorities, the business elite of the region. The participants of the meeting stressed the relevance and importance of the implementation of this construction project, which will make the Kurgan a convenient "transit point" for cargos coming from China and Kazakhstan to the Urals Federal District.

The result of the public discussion was the development of proposals, which will be included in the concept of the development of regional transport infrastructure after the additional financial and technical study. Proposals of the round table in the Kurgan will be also included in the draft of the final public resolution of the project “Saint-Petersburg – the Sea Capital of Russia”, which will be sent to the Government of the Russian Federation.

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