In recent years, we have seen record rates of housing construction. Last year, over 117 million square meters of housing was commissioned in Russia. We have about 3.5 million in the republic alone.
As I have already noted, the main share of commissioning falls on agglomerations. The growth of housing construction in them leads to overloading of the transportation network, lack of engineering and social infrastructure within the agglomeration.
And of course it is impossible to solve these issues without federal support.
Thanks to federal support, a number of large-scale innovative projects are being implemented, including in our republic, in our agglomeration. In the Kazan agglomeration such projects as Big Zelenodolsk, Laishevsky junction are being implemented. Work is underway on the outbound routes of our capital city. This year we will complete the construction of the second stage. It will connect our capital with suburban settlements. And, of course, it will provide a high-speed entrance to the federal highway M-7.
It is no less important to pay attention to providing transportation links between agglomerations. For this purpose, a number of bypass highways will be introduced, as well as a section of the federal highway M-7 with a bypass of two cities with a bridge across the Kama River. And these projects of the republic, of course, would not be possible without federal support.
Each region has its own experience in developing such areas. I am sure that the participants of today's event will communicate and hear useful advice. Agglomerations live and develop. I hope we can make this process more effective.
It is no less important to pay attention to providing transportation links between agglomerations. For this purpose, a number of bypass highways will be introduced, as well as a section of the federal highway M-7 with a bypass of two cities with a bridge across the Kama River. And these projects of the republic, of course, would not be possible without federal support.
Each region has its own experience in developing such areas. I am sure that the participants of today's event will communicate and hear useful advice. Agglomerations live and develop. I hope we can make this process more effective.
In our State Council Commission, we are working very closely on all these issues. We will, of course, take the proposals we have developed together with the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation for elaboration.