In St. Petersburg, the absolute majority of residents prefers the metro to any other means of movement. In order for in the metropolis there were no transport problems, it is necessary that the subway system develops and further. However, it is worth a lot of money, which St. Petersburg is currently not.
As stated by the head of the city of George Poltavchenko during an interview with Radio Russia, to solve the transport problems accumulated over many years, each year during at least 15 years of St. Petersburg requires about 3 dozen billion. rubles only for the construction of the subway. Total on the subway need to spend about 400 billion. rubles. However, the northern capital has no such opportunities, and today the city can allocate only 17 billion to the construction work on the development of metro. rubles as maximum.
According to the governor, there are many problems in the city that arose for many years, and can only cope with multi-million alone influxulations. Now for the development of the subway every year you need to master at least 30 billion. rubles, but St. Petersburg can afford only 17 billion., And therefore the city needs co-financing the federal center.
As the governor told, this year was allocated to the development of metro in St. Petersburg 1 billion. rubles in addition. By the end of the year, he promised to put into operation two stations, whose construction was finally completed – “International” and “Bucharest”.