Public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment were held

Yesterday at The Ministry of Transport and Road Management of Republic of Tatarstan  a public hearing on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) under the justification of investment in the construction of high-speed rail "Moscow - Kazan - Yekaterinburg" (BCM-2) took place.
The construction of BCM-2 is planned on the territory of several regions of the Russian Federation: Moscow, Moscow region, Nizhny Novgorod region ,Sverdlovsk region, Chuvash Republic, the Republic of Mari El, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Udmurtia, Tatarstan Republic and Perm region. In Republic ofTatarstan the recommended option of HSL-2 passes through the cities of Kazan and Elabuga.
The construction of BCM-2 is intended to attract additional passenger traffic to rail through the creation of more attractive for passengers conditions (the ratio of "price / rate") traffic to the east of the European part of Russia. The time spent in transit between the stations of Moscow - Kazan will be about 3-3.5 hours.