Construction of a new airfield begins on Franz Josef Land
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In the archipelago of Franz Josef Land this year, construction of a new airfield will begin, which will be located in the area of the military town of Nagurskoe (Alexandra Land Island). It is reported by the news agency Interfaxreferring to the information published on site of public procurement.
Nagurskoye is the northernmost frontier post of the Russian Federation. The development of military infrastructure on the archipelago of Franz Josef Land, particularly in the Nagursky region, is part of a large program to restore Russia's full-fledged military presence in the Arctic. Given the strategic importance of the region, the creation of new aerodromes and other infrastructure facilities in this macro-region is the most important task directly related to increasing the country's defense capability.
It is reported that the complex of all necessary work in the archipelago will be carried out by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Main Directorate for the Construction of Roads and Airfields at the Federal Agency for Special Construction". If the plans are implemented within the timeframe designated by the Ministry of Defense, the new airfield on Alexandra Land will be commissioned in December 2016.
In addition to the construction of an airfield in Alexandra Land, it is planned to build an additional administrative and residential complex with an area of about 15 thousand sq. M, roads of about 8 km, a fuel storage and infrastructure networks.
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