Over 53 000 Young Sterlets Released Into the Volga Basin

General Contractor for the construction of Frunzensky bridge crossing — JSC STG, and OOO Mosty i Tonneli have contributed to recruitment of sterlets as part of project execution. Over 53 000 young sturgeons, some of which are listed in the Red Book, were released into the Volga basin.

Environmental protection measures were controlled by representatives of Middle Volga Territorial Administration of the Russian Federal Agency for Fishery. Young fish were bred in the Holy Mother of God of Kazan Monastery located on the side of the Volga River. Eggs to raise baby fish are brought from Astrakhan. Young fish is kept in special basins with constant water circulation maintained at optimum temperature.

Population of commercially important sterlet has decreased significantly in the 20th century and was on the verge of going extinct. Today young fish is raised and released into rivers in order to preserve and increase its numbers. 

About Construction of Frunzensky Bridge Crossing

The construction project includes erection of the six-lane composite-girder bridge across the Samara River (667 m long with a 22 m wide carriageway), reinforced concrete bridge over the boggy Bannoye Lake (79.6 m long), construction of the transport junction and overpass over the main motorway on Shosseynaya Street, construction of the transport junction and five retaining walls made of cast in-situ reinforced concrete on Frunze Street, and construction of the main motorway. The new motorway will be 2.67 km long. The bridge crossing will connect Samara and Kuybyshev Regions, and it will ensure the flow of traffic in the direction of federal highways M-32 and M-5.

So far, a bridge has been built across Bannoe Lake, all 8 bridge pillars have been erected across the Samara River, an overpass have been erected at the C-3 exit over the main motorway of the transport junction on Shosseynaya Street. The incremental launching of the bridge superstructure across the Samara River is underway, and other facilities of the bridge crossing are being constructed on both banks of the river. The works are carried out in accordance with the schedule approved.