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Vladimir Putin to chair government meeting on Moscow’s transport infrastructure on Monday

Apart from that, the president will inspect the construction of a road bypassing the town of Odintsovo

MOSCOW, August 11 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will chair a government meeting on the development of the transport infrastructure in Moscow and the Moscow region on Monday, August 12, the Kremlin press service reported on Sunday.

Apart from that, the president will inspect the construction of a road bypassing the town of Odintsovo, which links the Moscow outer circular road and the Minsk highway.

“It is planned to discuss a number of problems concerning the optimization of road traffic, as well as mechanisms to solve transport infrastructure problems,” the press service said.

Participants in the meeting will include head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Ivanov, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov, Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukayev, acting Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin, and acting governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyev.