Meeting of State Council Commission on Transport

The meeting was attended by Kursk
Region Governor Roman Starovoit Starovoit RomanMinister of Transport of the Russian Federation , State Duma deputies, heads of federal and regional executive agencies and their deputies, as well as representatives of business circles, development institutions and the expert community.
The President has repeatedly
addressed the issue of accelerated public transit system upgrading and drafting
a single project to help this.
As per the Government’s instruction,
the Russian Transport Ministry, with the participation of the State Council Commission
on Transport, will have to explore the issue of adding a separate federal
project for public passenger transport reequipment to the Transport national
project, which is being developed.
During the meeting, representatives of the Transport Ministry, as well as Russian regions and various organisations,
discussed existing mechanisms and agreed there was a need for a separate
federal project on public transport development to be included in the single
Transport national project. Proposals formulated following the Сommission’s
meeting will be also submitted to the Government for consideration.