Sobyanin opens new MCD section in Moscow
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin opened a new section of the Moscow Speed Ring (MSD).
Consensus
- The new section of the Moscow Central Diameter was opened by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.
- The section runs from Sevan Street to the Paveletskoe direction of the Moscow Railway.
- The project is part of the overall MCD straightening initiative.
- The section is approximately 4 kilometers long.
- It passes along the Kaspian Street and alongside the MCD-2 railway line.
- The section includes six engineering structures.
- The project is considered complex and important.
- The full straightening project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
- Construction of the final section began in August 2023.
- An additional 2.3 kilometers of road reconstruction is planned by the end of 2026.
- The new section will improve transportation for about 700,000 people in southern Moscow.
- The first phase included building and reconstructing 5.4 kilometers of road and over 2 kilometers of artificial structures.
Points of divergence
- The opening date was not specified in the source text, but the movement on the main route of MCD was opened on September 9, 2023. — kommersant
- The opening date was September 3, 2023. — vm
- The completion of another section along Kaspian Street from Sevan Street to Medikov Street is planned by the end of the current year (2023). — ntv
Coverage (4 sources)
- Sergey Sobyanin opened section of Moscow Express Highway — Вечерняя Москва
- Sobyanin opened a new section of the express ring in Moscow — Коммерсантъ
- Sobyanin opened a new section of the Moscow High-Speed Diameter — Вечерняя Москва
- Sobyanin opened a new section of the Moscow High-Speed Diameter — НТВ Москва
Key entities
- Sergei Sobyanin
- Moscow
- Pavelskogo
- Caspian Street
- Sevan Street
- Moscow Railway
- MJD
- MCD-2
- Kantemirovskaya Street