TOMSK, Dec 10 – RIA Tomsk. The Tomsk region will receive 3 billion rubles from the federal budget for the reconstruction of the airport complex in Tomsk; using this money it is planned to reconstruct the runway and other engineering constructions and build a number of new ones, work will begin in 2019, the press service of the regional administration reported on Monday.
Earlier it was reported that the overhaul of the runway of the Tomsk airport was last carried out in 1999-2000, and the service life of the coating is seven to eight years. In June 2016, it became known that the Tomsk region will receive from the state budget for the reconstruction of the runway – 1.23 billion in 2018 and 1.38 billion in 2019. The airport runway "Tomsk" reconstruction project has passed the state examination. However, the reconstruction was postponed until 2020 due to the conversion of the federal program.
"In accordance to the instructions of the President, the Federal Air Transport Agency included in the federal program "Development of the regional airports and routes" a project for the reconstruction of our airport complex. Reconstruction of the runway and other engineering structures will begin in 2019, for three years the federal center will allocate for this purpose almost 3 billion rubles", – the governor of the Tomsk region Sergei Zhvachkin is quoted in the message.
It is noted that the Federal Air Transport Agency held the first meeting on the reconstruction of the Tomsk airport with the participation of the heads of FSUE "Administration of civil airports (airfields)", FSUE GPI and NII GA "Aeroproject", "Novoport" LLC, "Airport TOMSK" LLC and the administration of the region where technical details of the reconstruction, the stages of its implementation and the commissioning of aerodrome infrastructure facilities were discussed.
It clarifies that the tender for the selection of the general contractor will be held in January 2019. Within the framework of the reconstruction it is planned to equip the airport runway with a new artificial turf and drainage system, build a wastewater treatment plant, emergency search and rescue station, and airport perimeter fence with technical security equipment.“A patrol road will also be reconstructed, a lighting equipment system and new sections of meteorological equipment will be installed, will be constructed entrances to the designed buildings and structures, and will be built the engineering communications necessary for their operation. In addition, reconstruction and installation of new communication and control lines is planned”, – is said in the statement.
Earlier it was reported that the reconstruction of the building of the Tomsk airport will begin at the end of 2019 – early 2020; the approximate cost of the work – is about 1 billion rubles; 50 million rubles will be allocated by the "Novaport" airport network for the airport terminal reconstruction project.