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Construction of a cross-border ropeway
The construction of the cable car from Blagoveshchensk to Chinese Heihe was postponed for a year due to EU sanctions. This was announced to RBC by the governor of the Amur Region, Vasily Orlov, on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum.
Journalists asked him about how the departure of foreign companies and sanctions affected the region. “To say that the sanctions did not affect us at all would be wrong,” — replied the head of the region. He cited the Blagoveshchensk cable car as an example; Heihe» as a project that, due to sanctions, required reformatting or timing adjustments.
Orlov explained that the project involved the use of French technology— the rope itself. Investors from the Russian and Chinese sides, who together invested 5 billion rubles, were already ready to install the cable car.
“The French, according to EU requirements, do not supply it to us, because cable cars are classified as luxury goods , and luxury items are sanctioned,— said the Amur governor.
However, according to him, this does not mean that the project will be stopped.
“Investors are determined and actively looking for alternatives. They planned to make large booths of the Poma company, in my opinion, 60 people each, now they are looking for an alternative supplier. Different companies are considered, from India, Turkey, there are different options. I am absolutely sure that the project will be implemented, but it will take a year to the right. Whether the cost will change, not yet ready to say, & mdash; concluded Orlov.
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The cable car from Blagoveshchensk to Heihe was supposed to be the world's first cross-border road of this type, connecting Russia and China across the Amur River. According to the project of the Dutch architectural bureau UNStudio, the 973m long road should consist of two independent cabins with a capacity of 110 people. Estimated travel time— less than ten minutes.
Construction of the road began in April 2021, when the contractor began the construction of the pile foundation. Then the cable car began to be built on one of the sections of the Golden Mile— artificial bulk territory on the river bank in the center of Blagoveshchensk. To preserve the environment, the builders used modern drilling technologies.
Completion of the construction of the cable car with an annual passenger flow of 2.5 million people was scheduled for 2022.
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