The Draft Master Plan of St. Petersburg until 2040 has been submitted to the city parliament for consideration. Vice-Governor Nikolai Lynchenko handed over a flash drive with the bill to the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly, Alexander Belsky. The previous general plan was adopted in 2005.
As the speaker of the Legislative Council noted, the document represents the next stage of strategic planning for the spatial and socio-economic development of the city. It provides for the construction and reconstruction of more than 500 large social infrastructure facilities and the formation of an integrated transport system. When working on the bill, over 11 thousand proposals from citizens were considered.
Belsky paid special attention to solving the “gray belt” problem. “Now, on the site of old industrial zones, they will have to build not so much housing, but business and industrial infrastructure,” he wrote on the Telegram channel. The new production zones will cover 630 hectares, and St. Petersburg residents will receive new jobs. We are mainly talking about territories in the Kolpinsky, Pushkinsky, Krasnoselsky districts.
According to the new General Plan, priority in the development of the transport system is given to public transport. Among the top priorities is the construction of a number of interchanges: at the intersection of the WHSD and Shkipersky Protoka, at the intersection of the WHSD and the Latitudinal Expressway, at the intersection of the street. Solidarity with ShMSD, at the intersection of ShMSD and Vitebsky Avenue and others. A bridge across the Neva is also planned as part of the ShMSD – it will appear in the alignment of Zolnaya and Fayansovaya streets. In general, the city will have 59 transport hubs, the ShMSD and the southern latitudinal highway. By 2030, 28 metro stations should open (in total there are 100 stations and lobbies in the plan).
In addition, as the governor of the Northern capital, Alexander Beglov, previously noted, “an important part of the General Plan was the joint developments of Russian Railways to introduce electric trains into the intracity transportation system.” The project provides for the reconstruction of Pulkovo airport and the creation of a railway connection with it, as well as the creation of Levashovo airport.
The document envisages the construction of 67 million square meters by 2040. m of housing, of which about 40 million sq. m will be built by 2030. m. The share of residential areas in the city will be about 20% of the total area of St. Petersburg.
Source: Rosbalt
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