Husnullin explained the decision to postpone the construction of CSM Moscow - Kazan

Construction of a high-speed railway line (CSM) connecting Moscow and Kazan has been postponed due to the need for large financial costs, as well as detailed elaboration of the justification for the volume of passenger traffic. This was announced on March 8 by Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Marat Husnullin. So far, this issue has been postponed, as it has a large financial capacity and has not yet confirmed passenger traffic, Deputy Prime Minister said in an interview with the program Moscow. Kremlin. Putin on Russia TV 1. Husnullin touched upon issues related to the development of project documentation and the construction of the Moscow Kazan road in more detail. The road it will be obligatory. Now the development of urban planning documentation, project documentation is under way, Husnullin added. Recall, CSM Moscow Kazan should eventually connect Russia and China. The speed of trains on it will reach 400 km/h, from Moscow to Kazan it will be possible to get in 3.5 hours instead of 14 hours. Earlier it was planned that the construction of the route will be completed until 2025, the costs are estimated at 1.69 trillion rubles. As the news agency reported earlier, in December 2018, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov expressed doubts about the economic feasibility of the project. The minister emphasized that he is skeptical about this project as the Russian Railways (RR) and the Ministry of Transport present it as the innovative project. However, whether there will be an economy here, Siluanov wondered. Head of Tataria Rustam Minnichanov, commenting on the words of the Head of the Ministry of Finance, expressed confidence that the high-speed highway will appear sooner or later. It is necessary to develop the transport infrastructure of Russia, and this project will open new opportunities for the country as a whole, Minnichanov believes.