More than half of North Caucasian roads do not meet standards - Minister

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Makhachkala, April 28, 2016. The number of regional roads in the North Caucasian Federal District relevant to the current quality regulations, does not exceed 53%, the minister for construction, transport and road management of Stavropol Igor Vasiliev announced yesterday April 27 at the opening of the inter-regional conference on the repair and maintenance of highways in Stavropol region.

"Only 53% of the roads in the Northern Caucasus comply with standards. In Stavropol region the compliance standards makes almost 70%" – the "Interfax-South" quotes Vasiliev as saying.

The minister said that two-thirds of the roads in the region had been designed under the axial load of 6 tons, and now it is necessary to upgrade the traffic-bearing surface for the proportion of heavy goods vehicles in the traffic totals 19%.

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