Money and roads: what is “bad” zr.ru
Everyone is sure that the roads in the country are disgusting because there are not enough funds for new and repairing old ones. Nothing of the kind - the numbers convince. Everyone is sure that the roads in the country are disgusting because there are not enough funds for new and repairing old ones. Nothing of the kind - the numbers convince
Asphalt and potholes in numbers
We’ll clarify right away: it’s not so much about highways and highways of federal significance (which are monitored by central government departments), but about regional roads. Laying and keeping them in order is the concern of local authorities.
Regional, without a doubt, form the impression "we have no roads, but directions." According to the Federal State Statistics Service, of the 1 million km of all roads in the country, more than half (55%) are paved regional roads, 60% of which are transported by them. And only 50 thousand are federal. Using arithmetic, it’s easy to understand how many “directions” we have without coverage.
This is how local authorities deal with the obligation to develop a dorset.
According to the Federal Highway Agency - Rosavtodor, today only a little more than a third - 36%, of regional roads meet regulatory requirements (this is for which you go and do not swear to anyone). A tenth of them is completely without a hard coating, and 37% has road pavement, but it is so non-capital that in bad weather its strength is not enough to withstand the flow of cars.
Money and roads: what is “bad” zr.ru
This photo is posted on the website of the Perm publication “Not Secret” with the caption: “Perm specialists who diagnosed regional roads informed the Minister of Transport of the Perm Territory Vladimir Mityushnikov that 500-800 km of roads should be repaired annually in the region. Only then will it be possible to bring regional roads into a normative state. This photo is posted on the website of the Perm publication “Not Secret” with the caption: “Perm specialists who diagnosed regional roads informed the Minister of Transport of the Perm Territory Vladimir Mityushnikov that 500-800 km of roads should be repaired annually in the region. Only then will it be possible to bring regional roads into a normative state.
There is money
It would seem that there is where to turn around - there would be funds! There can be no shortage in builders. Experts say: the nature of the road construction business is such that if there are contracts and they are provided with finances, teams, management, and even companies with a full range of work will emerge, just call.
But in fact? In 2012, almost 130 km of accesses to rural settlements remained un commissioned - half of the planned volume. They are not laid to this day. Moreover, this plan is not so intense for a huge country. The reason is not a shortage of money: the amount of unused subsidies amounted to 12.5 billion rubles.
The lack of billions should not be. Everyone remembers that after the crisis (while it lasted, funds from the state budget for construction were cut to the limit) in 2011, regional road funds were re-established. Everyone also knows that they receive revenues from excise taxes on motor fuel and transport tax. And here is what was not particularly advertised: the principle of replenishment of funds “does not fully comply” with the general principles of the Budget Code of the Russian Federation. No other industry has received such a preference. But the task of exceptional social importance is to develop the regions and raise the level of transport provision for residents, mainly those deprived of rural life in this regard.
The financial result was achieved: within a year, the ability of the regions to finance their own road facilities increased (pay attention to the order of values - not percent) by 1.7 times, and without taking into account the funds of Moscow and St. Petersburg - 2.1 times. In 29 constituent entities of the Russian Federation (almost a third of all) - three or more times. This year - by another 12%. Even this is not the limit of possibilities - the regions can also count on subsidies from the state treasury: 148 billion rubles have been allocated for this and last years. For the first half of the year alone, regional budgets could receive about 48 billion rubles …
Unequal
“… And they requested only 12.1 billion,” said the head of Rosavtodor, Roman Starovoit, during a recent video conference with the heads of the regions of the Russian Federation. Thus, the funds of local road funds are accumulated and spent, to put it mildly, differently. The results are in paved asphalt.
Money and roads: what is “bad” zr.ru
Roman Starovoit, head of Rosavtodor Roman Starovoit, head of Rosavtodor
This year, Belgorod Region, in addition to deductions from fuel excise taxes and transport tax, contributed almost 4 billion rubles to the road fund. The Republic of Kalmykia - 80 times less, 51.3 million rubles. It is probably no coincidence that approximately the same ratio of the length of regional roads that meet regulatory requirements is: in the Belgorod region there are almost 87%, in Kalmykia - less than 1%.
And other comparisons of the same kind. In the Northwestern Federal District, the share of roads with a rating of "normal" is almost 70%, in the Central - 54%, in the Volga - 46%. Not excellent results, but still … And at the same time in the Far East - only 20%, in the North Caucasus - 21% …
“Personnel decisions” follow?
The car owner will ask: will he become more comfortable after the conversation between the head of Rosavtodor and the heads of regions on teleconference bridges? Or do superiors create the appearance of activity? Moreover, Roman Starovoit, in terms of official duties, is responsible for the condition of roads of federal significance, and for the condition of regional and local ones, insofar as … Not quite so.
