27 measures for the development of Magadan's infrastructure are included in the long-term plan for the city's comprehensive development
The long-term plan for Magadan's comprehensive socio-economic development includes 27 measures for the development of communal, social, transport and industrial infrastructure totalling 185.6 billion roubles.
As noted in the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, the Magadan development plan fully meets the idea expressed in the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin - to make Far Eastern cities comfortable and full of life. The objectives of the plan reflect the essence of the necessary transformations: creation of new high-paying jobs, improvement of the personnel training system, construction of housing and new social facilities, new quality of social services, and a modern appearance of the city.
The key objects of the plan are: revival of the sea fishing port, sea tourist centre, construction of a new four-star hotel, construction and reconstruction of engineering and road infrastructure facilities; construction of a new microdistrict "Gorokhovoye Pole"; construction and reconstruction of 17 social facilities; improvement of public spaces, microdistricts and streets of the city. The opening of a 530-seat school, a maternity hospital that will unite all the city's obstetrics services under one roof, and the Gorokhovoye Pole engineering networks are ahead.
Commissioning of these facilities will allow to increase the number of Magadan residents up to 12 thousand people by 2030, to ensure the growth of average salaries up to 253 thousand and average per capita income up to 113 thousand rubles per month by 2030.
Alexey Chekunkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, noted that in accordance with the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, development plans for all 22 agglomerations in the Far East, for which master plans have been prepared, have been approved by the end of 2023.
"The total amount of funds for all 22 agglomerations (25 cities) was impressive – 4.4 trillion rubles. But this is for 7 years, and the principle of "eating the elephant in pieces" applies here. Half (2.2 trillion) is off-budget, mainly for housing construction. As a result of favourable mortgages, demand is growing and the Far East has attracted some of the country's largest property developers. Of the second half, 668 billion rubles from the federal and regional budgets have already been envisaged for today - this is about a third of the necessary funds. Thereafter, in each budget cycle, we will add facilities as they are designed and ready. Urban development is prioritised in all financial instruments for Far East development - special treasury loans, Dom.rf bonds, VEB.rf concessional financing, and the Far East Concession. The next stage is the preparation of master plans for 16 Arctic reference cities," Alexey Chekunkov said.
Following an instruction from the President of the Russian Federation on the development of cities in the Far East, Mikhail Mishustin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, approved long-term plans for the comprehensive socio-economic development of cities in the Amur and Magadan regions, Primorsky, Khabarovsk and Trans-Baikal Territories, Yakutia, the Chukchi Peninsula and Jewish Autonomous Region. The implementation of integrated development plans will provide an opportunity to improve the quality of people's lives, develop promising sectors of the economy, create new jobs and additional opportunities for people's self-fulfilment, and unlock the unique natural advantages of the regions.
A number of activities envisioned in the integrated development plans are already underway. New construction projects will be launched in 2024 with the support of the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, and federal ministries and agencies.
A total of 22 plans for the integrated development of cities and agglomerations will be implemented in the Far East. These are 11 regional centers, including the city of Korsakov within the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk agglomeration, 10 cities with a population of over 50 thousand inhabitants, and 2 capitals of Baikal-Amur Mainline.