Rothenberg: the Crimean bridge will stand for a hundred years

17 September 2018

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Arkady Rotenberg, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company "stroygazmontazh", expressed his confidence that Crimean bridge will be able to stand for a century.

a "one Hundred years of inactivity, I think. Yes, I am. Absolutely. Worked here many scientific institutions have weighed in, measured. If there is a little bridge seismic kind of shake, piles installed so that they are not scary. They are at different angles set. The bridge will stand", — said Mr. Rothenberg during an interview with TV channel "Russia 1".

Car traffic on the new transport artery was started on may 16. The day before, on may 15, was the Grand opening of the Crimean bridge. The meeting was attended by the President of Russia: Vladimir Putin drove across the bridge behind the wheel of a KAMAZ. "All high quality, on time — even six months ahead of schedule. Thank you," said the head of state. It is noteworthy that together with the head of the state the ceremony was attended by Arkady Rotenberg.

The company "stroygazmontazh" was without competition selected as the General contractor for the construction of a bridge. Initially it was assumed that the next "construction of the century" will go to another famous figure is close to the President — Gennady Timchenko. But he suddenly refused this fate.

Later (in 2015) Arkady Rotenberg complained in an interview to "Kommersant" that the many sacrifices: this is "him", which he decided "to contribute to the development of the country".

Despite the fact that vehicular traffic in both directions was launched a few months ago (and early), the construction is not completed. In the queue to run the next stage, which will be established, movement of trains. The opening movement of trains on the railway part of the bridge is expected in December 2019.

Recently, Rotenberg said his company won't marry a previously established budget: "In the overall estimate we have 227,9 billion, we estimate, no additional financial resources are not asking for". However, the Crimean bridge remains one of the most expensive construction projects in the history of Russia. When it in March 2014, the Minister of transport Maxim Sokolov has assessed its construction in 50 billion rubles, which is 4.5 times less. Later, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak raised the estimated budget to 150-200 billion. Voiced and larger amounts: the Agency wanted to spend 247 billion, the Expert Council under the Ministry of transport — and at 283 billion.

In the spring of 2018, there was another interesting event: Arkady Rotenberg has again become the owner of the company "Mostotrest", which on 10 April instructed to include the Kerch bridge. So, 94.2 percent of PJSC "Mostotrest" belongs to JSC "TFK-Finans" which bought the company "Stroyproektkholding" which, ultimately, belongs to Rothenberg. He previously already owned by Mostotrest.