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Leningrad governor calls for tolling on Russia’s Scandinavia highway

The Governor of Russia’s Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, wants to renovate the M10 Scandinavia highway under the public-private partnership scheme and introduce a toll for using several of its sections. A key 872km highway connecting Russia’s two biggest cities, Moscow and St Petersburg, and continuing to the border with Finland, the Scandinavia highway brings in 20-25% of Russia's overall import. Drozdenko said that a trip from St. Petersburg to Vyborg, near Russia’s Finnish border, may cost €8.57
May 28, 2014 Read time: 1 min
The Governor of Russia’s Leningrad region, Alexander Drozdenko, wants to renovate the M10 Scandinavia highway under the public-private partnership scheme and introduce a toll for using several of its sections.

A key 872km highway connecting Russia’s two biggest cities, Moscow and St Petersburg, and continuing to the border with Finland, the Scandinavia highway brings in 20-25% of Russia's overall import. Drozdenko said that a trip from St. Petersburg to Vyborg, near Russia’s Finnish border, may cost €8.57-15 (RUB 400-700).

However, the cargo haulage market players estimate that carriage of goods between Russia and Finland will become 1.5% more expensive, given the planned federal fee for use of federal roads by trucks, to be introduced in 2015.
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