Cycling and walking route along Kremlin Dam becomes most expensive area improvement project in Kazan in 2023

Cycling and walking route along Kremlin Dam becomes most expensive area improvement project in Kazan in 2023
Photo: realnoevremya.ru/Maxim Platonov (archive)

Eight urban improvement projects are implemented in the Tatarstan capital this year. A cycling and walking route along the Kremlin Dam including a peninsular next to became the most expensive project — 337.9 million rubles. Vice head of the Kazan Executive Committee Igor Kulyazhev said this at a meeting on Monday.

Then, according to him, it is followed by the entrance of Gorky Park for 331.4 million rubles, 2nd stage of Svetlaya Dolina Residential Complex Park — 291 million rubles.

A total of over 1.4 billion rubles was allocated for these proejcts.

realnoevremya.ru/ Maxim Platonov (archive)

It should be reminded that the new cycling and walking route along the Kremlin Dam, which is a walking territory along the river connecting the historical centre of the city with a residential area next Kazan Family Centre, opened on 30 August.

Tatarstan Rais Rustam Minnikhanov attended the opening ceremony. There have always been a lot of people near the sand-covered area under the bridge but it wasn’t safe to be there. Now the route has walking lanes for pedestrians and a lane for bicycles and e-scooters.

13 areas for calm leisure time have appeared in general, and rotating benches have been installed along the riverbank. The cycling and walking lane is 1.9 km long.

Maxim Kokunin
Tatarstan