Mikhail Mishustin: “Measures of the Infrastructure for Life national project and other programmes should be closely interlinked. A comprehensive approach is the only way to facilitate the well-balanced socio-economic development of Russian territories; it will help boost living standards in basic communities by 2030, as planned.”
Mikhail Mishustin chairs strategic session on priority development of the road construction sector, the utility and social infrastructure and urban master plans
Mikhail Mishustin chairs strategic session on priority development of the road construction sector, the utility and social infrastructure and urban master plans
Mikhail Mishustin chairs strategic session on priority development of the road construction sector, the utility and social infrastructure and urban master plans
Mikhail Mishustin chairs strategic session on priority development of the road construction sector, the utility and social infrastructure and urban master plans
Mikhail Mishustin’s opening remarks:
Good afternoon, colleagues,
Today, we will review multiple issues regarding key aspects of Russia’s infrastructure development.
The dynamic performance of our construction sector has created hundreds of millions of square metres of housing in accordance with specialised national projects. Tenants have been relocated from rundown and dilapidated housing with an area of tens of millions of square metres. Thousands of kilometres of roads have been built, and available roads have been resurfaced. Hundreds of housing and municipal utility facilities have been modernised. The much-needed kindergartens, schools and medical institutions have appeared all across the country. The same is true of commercial floorspace that entrepreneurs can use for developing their businesses and providing services to the people. In effect, comfortable life in cities and the countryside is impossible without all this.
We have exerted substantial efforts and invested impressive financial resources to achieve these results, and we have created effective tools. Demand for these facilities remains high. We need to work faster than planned under the new national project over the next six years.
We will have to expand the scale of work, while overhauling blocks of flats. This also concerns the municipal utilities infrastructure. We need to annually replace 2.5 percent of utility networks, and it would be necessary to replace 5 percent of them each year for the sake of completely renewing this entire system.
It is important to boost the quality of services provided by the housing and utilities sector. This objective has been formulated by the President.
The road sector faces as ambitious challenges. Up to 85 percent of federal roads and 60 percent of regional roads must be brought back to normal within the next six years. And this is just a portion of what is to be done.
The events implemented under the Infrastructure for Life national project and other programmes should be closely aligned. A balanced socioeconomic development of Russian territories can only be achieved based on a comprehensive approach. It will help to upgrade the living standards in reference populated localities by 2030, as planned.
We have approved their composition as per the President’s instructions. This category includes agglomerations, administrative centres, small towns and settlements – 2,160 in all across the country – which account for almost three-fourths of the population of Russia.
The reference populated localities are of huge importance. They form Russia’s infrastructural and economic framework. Therefore, we must focus on them our effort to improve the quality of the living environment. We should use the tools and financial resources – federal and regional – to achieve these goals.
Late last year, the Government approved a new Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation that set out the priorities in expanding the social, energy, utility, and transport infrastructure. In this context, we are making a list of cities and towns, each of which will be provided with a master plan of its own. This important document primarily implies simplification of urban development procedures and their subsequent implementation. Therefore, it is necessary to finalise the drafting of relevant amendments to laws and the legislative framework.
Today, we will discuss the potential of the construction industry and the existing tools, as well as issues related to proper funding for the measures.
