Cable lines that were built in the 1960s were worn out in the city. For several decades, the city has accumulated a huge amount of under-repair, requiring significant financial investments. At the same time, the available funds are not enough to upgrade.
The mayor also stated that the constant repair of infrastructure for ground-based electric vehicles makes it possible to reduce the number of downtime and traffic accidents. More than 700,000 passengers are transported by land transport every day.
The head of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise Metroelectrotrans, Aidar Abdulkhakov, cited data that trams derailed 13% less frequently last year than a year earlier. In addition, the number of downtime caused by the ground transportation service has decreased by almost 70%.
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The planned infrastructure repairs made it possible to raise the speed limit to 15.8 km/h. But this indicator is below the norm by 8 km/h. The head of the organization stressed that more than half (70 out of 132 kilometers) of the tracks are at the stage of extreme wear.
In 2024, the company's specialists straightened, lined, and eliminated drawdowns and misalignments of the tracks. They replaced 20 "arrows", 288 track rods and more than 1,700 rotted sleepers. In addition, almost 9 kilometers of worn-out contact wires were replaced, 29 new supports were installed and the trolleybus contact network was installed, the press service of the Kazan Administration reports.
In Kazan, college and university students will be able to complete an internship at the city Hall.
