OREANDA-NEWS  On 21 November was announced, that the first section of the fourth ring road with the length of 4 km will be opened in Moscow in 2010, Department of Urban Design Policy, Development and Reconstruction of Moscow informed.

This section of the outer ring road is to go through the eastern administrative district of Moscow.

The second section that is also to be located within east Moscow will be 4 km in length as well. It is necessary to demolish 129 structures of various patterns of ownership in this area to start the development. Among these structures is heat station No 11, Grafit research institute and an electrode plant.

The department noted that the section of Dmitrovskoe Highway from the small ring of Moscow Railways to Korovinskoe Highway as well as the section of Varshavskoe Highway from the MKAD to Shcherbinka neighbourhood included the tunnel under the line to Kursk of Moscow Railways would be opened to traffic with no signal lights during 2008.

It is also planned to have Volokolamsky Tunnel opened to traffic within Leningradsky Avenue and to commission the section of Zvenigorodskoe Highway from Zhivopisny Bridge to 3rd Silikatny Proezd.