Today, on April 7, Governor of Rostov Oblast Vasily Golubev and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renova Group Viktor Vekselberg appreciated the pace of construction works of the new airport complex in Rostov-on-Don (belongs to Airports of Regions Holding Company). At the construction site the visitors focused on inspecting of the largest building - the new passenger terminal. Pouring of the monolithic frame of the building in different areas and of the floor slabs is being conducted at the ground, first and second floor level, and the roof on the longest part of the building, the gallery, has already been installed.
«We understand that without the regional part, without external engineering systems and motorway access roads the airport complex cannot be put into operation. The project documentation of all engineering networks has obtained the expert review, the construction is funded, so we have no doubt that before the construction of the airport complex is completed, the external networks will be put into operation,» said Governor of Rostov Oblast Vasiliy Golubev. «In particular, the construction of two roads connecting the airport with a section of M-4 Don motorway and the north by-pass road of the city of Rostov-on-Don will start this year and be completed at the beginning of the 4th quarter of 2017.»
«Today we have inspected the construction site and noted that the schedule of the project for the construction of the airport complex is fully observed, and for some facilities it even goes 20 or more days ahead,» said Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renova Group Viktor Vekselberg. «At the same time, we and the governor are at one in thinking that it is important now to focus not only on the construction of the airport itself, but also on the development of public amenities, retail, commercial, hotel infrastructure in the territory adjacent to the airport. In addition, we suggest, as early as this year, without waiting for the final stage of construction, the start of landscaping of the airport territory.»
Airports of Region MC’s General Director Evgeniy Chudnovskiy in his speech drew attention to the need for detailed consideration and beginning of implementation of the measures aimed at moving operations from the territory of the existing airport to the new one.
«Currently, we strive together with the concerned federal authorities to work out and approve at the governmental level the necessary documents to conduct the procedure of closing the existing airport and starting of operation of the new one including its approval for international flights, the establishment of fees and the settlement of other legal issues,» noted Evgeniy Chudnovskiy. «It is also important to foster the dialogue with airlines to discuss possible basing at the new airport and, consequently, the construction of the necessary infrastructure.»
Furthermore, the construction works are in progress on all main premises of the new airport. To ensure the operation of the new airport, the erection of the complex of buildings designed to accommodate operational, engineering and administrative services of the airport is underway.
880 construction workers and more than 50 vehicles are involved in the erection of the passenger terminal and other infrastructure. In addition, at the present time, the design of the fuel farm is in progress and the documentation for the construction of the airport’s VIP terminal is submitted for review to Glavgosexpertiza of Russia. In April 2016, a competition was announced for the selection of architects, who will develop a concept of the business lounges interior design in the passenger terminal building.
As a reminder: new Rostov-on-Don Airport will be located not far from Grushevskaya village in the Aksai District. The project envisages the construction of a paved runway 3600 meters in length, a passenger terminal with the area of 50 thousand square mete?s, its capacity will be 5 million passengers a year. The passenger terminal will be equipped with 9 boarding bridges.