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Street and road network
The city thoroughfares in the centre are comparatively narrow: they
have two lanes and very rarely three lanes. The width of the carriageway
of the main thoroughfares ranges from 7 to 18 m. the lack of equipped
parking lots leads to the fact that the actual width of thoroughfares
becomes even less because of wildcat parking, especially in the
areas adjacent to trade centres and establishments. As a result,
many central thoroughfares are overloaded. The transport interchanges
on different levels do not exist, what reduces the traffic flow
speed and increases the noise level.
The existing planning structure of the city makes it possible
to use a number of streets for even distribution of transport load.
But in fact the transportation network does not ensure necessary
conditions for that. The lack of timely repair and reconstruction of
roads, the incompleteness of new arterial road construction have led
to the low-level technical state of the road network. Of the total
length of 730,000 km, 570,000 km are covered with asphalt; 80,000 km
have gravel carpet and 80,000 km have earth surface. In most cases
asphalt pavement does not conform to the generally accepted
standards. Even the main city thoroughfares are very narrow and are
mainly used for two-lane traffic. With wildcat along the roads, the
carriageway becomes even narrower. That reduces the traffic speed
and increases the negative impact of motor transport on the
ecological state of the city environment.
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This page was last updated: 29.11.01 |