Voronezh roads will receive an additional 2.5 billion rubles in 2026

At a joint meeting of the commissions of the city parliament chaired by Nikolai Korzhov, deputies approved changes to the municipal program for the development of the transport system for 2026. The total amount of funding for the program has been increased to 7.9 billion rubles - 2.5 billion more compared to the previous edition.

The main increase will be provided by the subprogram “Development of the road sector”: its financing will grow by 2.2 billion rubles and reach 7 billion 277 million rubles. The funds will come mainly from the road fund of the Voronezh region and will be used to repair local roads.

According to the head of the road management department, Maria Fomina, the area of repaired paved roads has already amounted to 314 thousand square meters. m - 127 thousand square meters. m more than the planned indicator. This indicates a more active pace of road work this year.

Also, financing for the development of urban passenger transport increased by 256 million rubles to 716 million rubles. The source was extrabudgetary funds of private carriers provided for the purchase of new buses.

The proposed changes were agreed upon by the deputies.