Russian Transport Minister Yevgeny Dietrich and Governor Vasily Golubev got acquainted with the progress of reconstruction at the section of the southern entrance to Rostov-on-Don, which is part of the Rostov Transport Ring project, and agreed to accelerate the entire project.

— We discussed and adopted the concept for the development of the Rostov transport ring. It's the most important. The Ministry of Transport fully supports the expediency of forming this route. A number of priority activities are already planned for 2024. The estimated need for sections of the ring — about 70 km — is about 65 billion rubles for the period until 2025, — said Evgeny Dietrich.

According to Governor Vasily Golubev, the ring road around Rostov-on-Don is of great importance not only for Rostovites, but for the entire Rostov agglomeration.

— We agreed to accelerate the implementation of this project, which is necessary for the residents. This is a priority plan for the next few years. Such projects are implemented once for many years in advance, and their quality should be as high as possible, — noted Vasily Golubev.

The large-scale project involves the interconnection of 12 federal, regional and local highways. Some of them have yet to be created.

A new route network consisting of federal, regional and local highways will be created in the vicinity of Rostov. The length of the Rostov route will be 130 km.

Some sections of the future ring have already been built. Two stages of the northern bypass of Rostov were erected, the southern entrance was reconstructed. The active phase is the construction of the Aksai bypass, the transport interchange at the 9th kilometer of the Rostov-Taganrog highway, the construction of the third stage of the northern bypass.

Several more sections of the future ring are being developed. Terms of reference for the design of the western expressway, the most important section of the Rostov transport ring, has been prepared This road with a length of 13.5 km will solve the already pressing transport problems of the Leventsovsky microdistrict and the adjacent territories of the Myasnikovsky district.