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Heated bus shelters in Arctic cities are on their development master plans — minister

Experts have put together a register of 250 best practices of organizing life in the North, and then 20 best practices were selected in 5 areas, Alexey Chekunkov said

MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. Heated bus stops and insulated public spaces will be created in all Arctic cities under their development master plans, Minister for Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexey Chekunkov said after a meeting of the State Council's commission on the Northern Sea Route and the Arctic.

"During the implementation of those master plans, we will ensure that all Arctic cities have, for example, heated bus stops, insulated public transport," he said.

Experts have put together a register of 250 best practices of organizing life in the North, and then 20 best practices were selected in 5 areas, he continued.

"All cities in the Arctic <...> have unique approaches, unique solutions in infrastructures, permafrost construction, healthcare services, construction of private homes, in leisure activities, business assistance that are worth being replicated across the Arctic," he added.

In December, 2023, the Russian government listed 16 settlements in the Arctic to have development master plans to 2035, due to be implemented from 2025.

The list of 16 Arctic backbone settlements and agglomerations in nine regions includes: Kem, Belozersk (Karelia), Vorkuta (Komi), Tiksi, Naiba (Yakutia), Norilsk, Dudinka, Dixon and Igarka (the Krasnoyarsk Region), Arkhangelsk (the Arkhangelsk Region), Murmansk, Kirov, Apatity and Monchegorsk (the Murmansk Region), Naryan-Mar (the Nenets Autonomous Region), Pevek and Anadyr (the Chukotka Autonomous Region), Novy Urengoy, Noyabrsk and Salekhard-Labytnangi (the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region).