The second stage of repair of tram tracks near the Elevator stop in Ulan-Ude is completed. And what do the city dwellers see?
The tram tracks were rolled back (as ambiguous as it may sound) by 80 centimeters towards Komsomolskaya Square. Why? To equip a passenger platform at the tram stop. But what was wrong with the previous location of the tracks? Let us recall that in January 2024, local urbanists presented to the public and officials a computer model of a dedicated lane for trams, which does not require changes in the geometry and surface of the roadway.
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Then the analysts decided to allocate a tram lane and make two lanes for motorists instead of a parking lot and a bus bay.
Of course, without shifting the rails, which is much cheaper for the city budget and more efficient for the operation of rail transport. Note that the main disadvantage of transport politicians Ulan-Ude is a personnel issue. The main specialists in the city hall's transport committee, judging by the open vacancies, are offered a salary from 32 thousand rubles.
It is easier for low-ranking officials to do nothing for that kind of money (or try to get richer by dishonest means), than to make huge efforts and show initiative, which will ultimately backfire on the initiator himself. The public activists were sincerely fired up by the project, which they started at the end of 2022, but the mayor of Ulan-Ude Igor Shutenkov decided to show his “creative” approach, which includes additional costly work such as rolling back the tracks.
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And another important point – what amount has been allocated for the repairs? Only for the creation of the project for the transfer of tram tracks back in 2018 the Ulan-Ude City Council allocated 93 million rubles. Therefore, the work itself (especially considering all the economic upheavals of recent years) costs much more than 100 million. It is also necessary to find out whether money was allocated from the budget again to create the same project that the mayor's office never implemented in 2019.
The lack of transparency in the spending of money raises serious doubts about the purity of the events held. Babr has repeatedly encountered how city authorities “forget” publish information about the cost of the work and who supplies the materials for the repairs in the public domain, in the media. In this case, one can only suspect that the repair of the tracks is an excellent opportunity for certain circles to get rich at the expense of the city budget.
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Obviously, the current repair of tram tracks will be carried out as usual – with maximum savings on quality and with minimal return for city residents. This is already indirectly evidenced by the observation of the telegram channel “BurKOPSoyuz”, which noticed in the mayor's photographs that the new rails are fastened… with old boltsIn the 21st century, when the entire country has switched to seamless welding of rails, Ulan-Ude continues to use antediluvian methods.
Seamless welding is not just a “fashionable” trend. It increases comfort for residents, reduces noise from trams, and extends the service life of rails. In addition, tram speed increases. Why can't Ulan-Ude use a proven method?
The answer is obvious: Mayor Shutenkov simply has no desire to do real capital repairs; it is important for him to “master” the budget.
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On July 26 at 22:00, under cover of night, the MUP “Tram Management” will begin the third stage of repairs at the Elevator. Babr continues to monitor the situation and inform readers about its development.