9 St. Petersburg Metro Stations to Be Upgraded as Shelters
Immediately, nine stations of the St. Petersburg metro will be equipped as shelters. The St. Petersburg metro wants to develop a plan of measures to bring all its infrastructure into the necessary state for civil defense, writes 'Fontanka'.
Consensus
- Nine stations of the Saint Petersburg Metro will be upgraded to serve as civil defense shelters.
- The project includes the completion of construction and equipment adaptation for the stations.
- Four special compartments and 35 kilometers of railway tracks are part of the plan.
- A contractor will develop a technical and economic justification (TEO) for the project.
- The TEO must include optimal options for completing, equipping, or adapting unfinished objects for protective functions.
- The contractor must analyze potential risks such as changes in groundwater levels, urban development, and equipment obsolescence.
- Two types of emergencies must be considered: technological catastrophe and fire.
- The project is based on a technical specification obtained from the government procurement portal.
- The request for quotations was announced on September 10.
- The project is part of a broader effort to bring the metro infrastructure into a state suitable for civil defense.
Points of divergence
- Special requirements are set for ventilation systems in shelters, including effective filtration of radioactive dust, aerosols, and toxic substances. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- People in online comments question whether the remaining 75 stations of the Saint Petersburg Metro will also be upgraded and suggest that peaceful relations are the best form of civil defense. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- A monitoring of prices for similar services was previously announced in March. — fontanka
Coverage (6 sources)
- In St. Petersburg, nine metro stations will be adapted into shelters — Meduza
- Nine stations of St. Petersburg's metro decided to equip them as shelters, reports 'Fontanka' citing the technical assignment. — Varlamov News
- In St. Petersburg, 9 metro stations decided to 'equip' them as shelters immediately — Говорит НеМосква
- Immediately nine stations of the St. Petersburg metro will be equipped as shelters — Дождь (Telegram)
- In St. Petersburg, 9 metro stations are being adapted for bomb shelters — The Moscow Times
- 9 stations of the St. Petersburg metro will be equipped as shelters — Фонтанка