Arkhangelsk region received 72 mln RUR from the governmental budget for forest road construction. Solombalales is also among the participants of this programme.

The government is to provide only part of the sum required the rest of the sum is to be invested by the enterprise. Thus, only large companies can incur such costs especially in economically unfavorable conditions.

Solombalales in co-finance with the government is constructing roads in the area of its two harvesting companies – Svetlozerskles and Boretsk, with 9.5 mln RUR to be provided by the Government. Thus, by the end of this year Solombalales is to construct 2 km and 2.7 km of forest roads in Svetlozerskles and Boretsk respectively.

At the rest of the companies construction works are being performed at the expense of the holding. Solombalales is to construct additionally at least 11 km of forest roads. 

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