Smolensk region completes 25 of 28 road-lighting projects

Russia’s Smolensk region has completed outdoor lighting works at 25 of 28 planned sites along regional roads through populated areas. The remaining work is due to finish by the end of October, Governor Vasily Anokhin said.

The programme will provide more than 46 kilometres of lighting lines, with funding of almost 140 million roubles.

Lighting has been installed on Tsentralnaya, Gzhatskaya and Voskresenskaya streets in Prechistoye, Gagarin district. New lines have also been laid on Rakovaya and Bolshaya Sovetskaya streets in Dneprovskoye, Novodugino district.

Works were also carried out in Cheryomushki, Vyazma district, on a section of the Old Smolensk Road. In Yelnya, lighting was built along the Roslavl–Yelnya–Dorogobuzh–Safonovo road.

In Yartsevo, new lines serve the road towards Dubrovo. In Ozyorny they cover a junction on routes towards Dukhovshchina, Bely, Nelidovo and Velisto. Lighting was also installed in Moshchinki, Smolensk district, and on Posyolok Torfopredpriyatiye Street in Smolensk.

In Velizh, lighting is planned along Volodarskogo Street and Nevelskoye Highway on the Olsha–Velizh–Usvyaty–Nevel road. According to the governor, work remains under way at three programme sites.