OREANDA-NEWS. December 28, 2011. Mostotrest has been granted the right to enter into a government contract to rebuild a traffic interchange at the intersection of Leningradskoye Avenue and the Moscow Ring Road (MRR), comprising the segment stretching from the existing bridge over the Canal of Moscow, with exits onto the MRR’s interior and exterior sides (Levoberezhny District, Northern Administrative District, Northern Tushino and Northwest Administrative District of Moscow).

Moscow’s Urban Development Department will act as the client under the RUB4.85 billion project designed by Promos Institute. Scheduled completion: 16 months as of the government contract date.

The core objective of the rebuilding project is to increase the interchange throughput capacity estimated based on today’s and future traffic flows, as well as to split local and transit traffic, while preserving all existing transportation links between the concerned areas.

Today, the road segment is saturated with numerous and frequent exit and access roads, which further significantly encumber the already extremely dense traffic in the area. Specifically, Leningradskoye Avenue in the area is flanked by the Auchan Hypermarket customer access road, LUKoil Gas Station, Capitol Freight Yard and AutoPort BMW Dealer exit roads, as well as a number of local street exits, including Pravoberezhnaya Street (on the Moscow side), Spartakovskaya, Moscovskaya, Leningradskaya Streets (on the Khimki side), and others.

As part of the project, Mostotrest will build new two-lane flyovers with the total length of 2 km, to ensure a left-turn exit from Leningradskoye Avenue immediately after the Canal of Moscow bridge, an MRR access road after the Butakovski Bay bridge and a right-turn exit road from Leningradskoye Avenue onto the MRR’s interior side. In addition, the contract envisions an extensive upgrade of the existing flyovers and exits.

The project also envisages installation of an Automated Deicing System, Automated Traffic Management System and Automated Traffic Information System. To protect the ambient air and decrease noise levels, Mostotrest will erect 3 meter-high protective screens along the 2 km segment where it borders with residential areas and natural sites. To protect water reservoirs, the interchange will be equipped with a storm water sewer system collecting road runoff water and redirecting it to water treatment facilities.

The rebuilding project design is based on conclusions and findings of a feasibility study by the Moscow Urban Planning Department R&D Bureau. The project design and implementation is part of the scope of the comprehensive project to build a new bridge over the Canal of Moscow, and takes into account specifics of the existing abutting area design.