What happened to the road to Ai-Petri from Bakhchisarai
The road to the Ai-Petri plateau from the Bakhchisaray side was damaged by a landslide. Following heavy rains, the ground movement intensified, and retaining walls in some areas collapsed, a correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
The renovation of the section from the village of Sokolinoe to the Ai-Petri plateau was part of the program for the development of tourism clusters. But officials decided that the road construction would be carried out by a certain investor who would decide to develop the ski resort on Ai-Petri and make access roads to it. As a result, the repairs were postponed until better times; there is no one willing to invest in a ski resort without water and snow, but the road is mercilessly exploited both in winter and summer. The track could not withstand the load and collapsed in places.
“After heavy rains, the condition of the highway from the village of Sokolinoe, Bakhchisarai district to Mount Ai-Petri, has significantly deteriorated. There are a lot of potholes, it’s difficult to travel by road,” Prime Minister of the Crimean Government Yuri Gotsanyuk wrote in his telegram. “The main problem is the emerging potholes, collapses of the road and retaining walls. I drove the entire route, discussed with those responsible for road repairs how to improve the quality of the route, eliminate the problem of landslides and repair the road surface. Funds for repairing the route will be determined.”
The funds were determined last year. One of the three contractors for capital road construction in Crimea, RSK-Yug LLC, received 420 million rubles for the project “Repair of the Bakhchisarai-Yalta highway.” The project was supposed to be ready by the end of 2022, but according to the Republican Road Service, the work has already been completed and repairs will begin next year. Until then, travel on the road is prohibited. You can climb the Ai-Petri plateau from Yalta by road and cable car.
To convince Bakhchisarai, the passage was blocked with concrete blocks, which local entrepreneurs move with tractors to make way for jeeps carrying tourists. Failure to comply with requirements in the presence of an objective threat is fraught with an emergency situation, including death.
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