Denis Pasler announced the development of infrastructure along the highways

Preferential conditions

The Sverdlovsk region has signed two more agreements with mobile operators to develop infrastructure along roads for vehicles. As a result of earlier agreements, 44 base stations were built in the region. This was reported by Governor Denis Pasler.

Coverage of the region with sustainable mobile communications is a task that we solve in partnership with operators. Often, the construction of such infrastructure is commercially unprofitable, so we have simplified administrative procedures for the construction of communication facilities near highways and introduced an investment tax deduction, said Denis Pasler. This year, 44 base stations have already been installed along the roads out of 67 under the investment deduction agreement.

New infrastructure is needed for residents of the Sverdlovsk region. It not only allows drivers and passengers of vehicles to be always in touch and have access to the Internet, which is extremely necessary, but also provides cellular communication to small settlements that are located near highways.

In addition, sustainable cellular communication is necessary for the development of domestic tourism and business activity. On the way, residents and guests of the Sverdlovsk region actively use digital services, which dictates new requirements for the quality of infrastructure.

Denis Pasler said that within the framework of the contract with one of the mobile operators, an agreement was concluded on the creation of 27 communication facilities by the end of 2026. The company has already installed and modernized 19 communication facilities on key roads: on the sections of the federal highways M-5 "Ural" and M-12 "Vostok", on the roads Perm - Yekaterinburg and Yekaterinburg - Shadrinsk - Kurgan, Yekaterinburg - Nizhny Tagil - Serov, on the EKAD, the entrance to Polevsky. It is also planned to improve communication in the area of the Koltsovsky Logopark and on sections of roads near garden associations in several municipalities.

As part of the agreement with another cellular operator, 9 communication facilities were built, and stations on the Serov and Rezhevsky tracts, on the Pervouralsk-Shalya road, on the M-5 and M-12 sections were modernized. Until the end of the year, communication will be improved on the road bypassing the village of Beloyarsky, which is used by residents of Zarechny.

The third mobile operator has created 16 new communication facilities on the EKAD and the Serov tract.

In total, this year, telecom operators, including within the framework of agreements with the regional government, planned to create 165 base stations on key roads of the Sverdlovsk region.

815 kilometers without communication

The Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk region surveyed more than 11.4 thousand kilometers of federal and regional roads. About 815 kilometers of sites (7%) were identified, where mobile communication is completely absent and where the signal of any of the operators does not reach. On some roads, the LTE coverage of some operators reaches 100%, while in some areas the indicator does not exceed 10%.

“Communication on the roads is vital to the safety of people. Therefore, we are implementing a set of measures so that operators develop infrastructure even in areas with low commercial attractiveness, Denis Pasler said. The results of the survey allow us to determine the territories where the construction of communication facilities is necessary in the first place. The construction of infrastructure is now in priority areas. These routes are also important for the development of the tourism industry.”.

Special attention is paid to remote and sparsely populated areas.

“To support telecommunications companies, the government of the Sverdlovsk region reduces administrative barriers for the placement of lines and communication facilities along roads,” said Evgeny Shonov, Minister of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk region. Telecommunication operators can also receive a tax deduction of up to 90% of the cost of construction and modernization of communication facilities on roads, in small settlements and other socially significant facilities.

Priority areas have already been identified for the construction of cellular communication stations for 2027. Increasing the availability of mobile communications meets the objectives of the national project “Data Economy”. Operators are already forming plans to build and modernize dozens of base stations on key highways in the Sverdlovsk region. Investments in infrastructure development will amount to tens of millions of rubles.