Posted on 03/28/2015 8:33:43 AM PDT by re_tail20
Plans for an ambitious 12,400-mile superhighway linking the Atlantic and the Pacific are reportedly being considered by Russian authorities.
The Trans-Eurasian Belt Development would see the construction of a vast motorway across Russia. It would connect with existing networks in Europe, making road trips to eastern Russia a far easier proposition. While roads do currently run across most of Russia, the quality tends to deteriorate the farther you travel from Moscow.
The proposal, outlined in the Siberian Times, would see the road follow a similar route to the Trans-Siberian railway, through cities including Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, and Vladivostok. A new high-speed train line would also be constructed, along with pipelines for gas and oil. The rail network may also be extended to the Chukotka region of Russia and across the Bering Strait to Alaska — making overland trips from Britain to the US (via the Channel Tunnel) a possibility.
The idea, which developers hope will help boost tourism and make Russia a global transportation hub, was presented at a meeting of the Russian Academy of Science.
Vladimir Fortov, the head of the Russian Academy of Science, said the project was "very ambitious and expensive."...
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Why not, they know we’ll leave the borders open.
Indeed. Perhaps Russia would find that useful to plant Russians in Alaska whom it would then protect from the “immoral West.” Of course, the bridge could easily be knocked out, but perhaps Putin believes Alaska will be theirs in the future, judging by the overall reaction of the West to its moves thus far.
Yep, fix the ones they have first instead of building anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWvfL5qetlA
Probably looking for a project to employ all the people they plan to put into the re-education camps, comes the revolution...
The Wehrmacht found that out the hard way.
Right. I’ve read a few histories of the German army in Russia and the conditions. But today you’d think they’d do something about the inter city roads.
What for to fix roads in empty spaces with cold climate? Useless spending of resources.
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