Moscow students to be sent to help construct Kerch bridge
Students from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) will undertake the construction of the Kerch bridge, the press service of Rosavtodor reports.
The head of the road agency, Roman Starovoyt, launched the initiative to send students for summer work. According to him, the experience of working on the construction of the Kerch bridge will be useful for future specialists in this area.
“The unique practical skills gained from the specialists in this area by working on the construction of the Crimean bridge is a valuable experience for future specialists in this area,” the head of Rosavtodor believes.
The press service added that motivated students with excellent academic achievements and who take an active part in the public life of the university will participate in the construction of the bridge. Interns will have a 5 day work week with an eight-hour work day.
Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated the necessity for the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait immediately after the annexation of the Crimea in March 2014. The bridge is planned to be constructed by 2018 and put into operation in summer 2019.
In early July, The Crimean Bridge information center reported that the total cost of the construction of the bridge through the Kerch Strait from Russia to the Crimea will be 227.92 billion rubles (3.84 billion USD).
Before that it was reported that the Government of Russia had postponed the temporary operations of the railway part of the bridge across the Kerch Strait for one year, from December 2018 to December 2019.
Ukraine withdrew from the treaty with Russia on the construction of the bridge in 2014 after the annexation of the Crimea by Russia.