Extensive works are underway on most sections of the future Far West Krasnodar Bypass (DZOK), which will become a part of the M4 Don highway.
More than 920,000 cubic meters of the vegetation soil layer have been removed to arrange the groundwork base, and over 2 000,000 cubic meters of the gravel-sand mixture have been dumped for arrangement of the earth roadbed. Currently, the area of the bottom layer of the base made of gravel-sand mixture is 300,000 square meters.
Asphalt concrete has been laid on 10 out of 52 km of the Bypass. That is 20% of the total length of the new Bypass. The arrangement of the asphalt concrete roadbed is made in several layers. The area of the upper layer is 272,000 square meters, with the lower layer being 190,000 square meters.
In addition, 11 artificial structures are being erected: 8 overpasses (three of them are of the tunnel type) and 3 bridges over the 2nd Kochety and the Ponura rivers, and the Sula gully. The project envisages works on the overpass across the railway.
The project is being implemented within the framework of the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin No. Pr-1970GS as of 13.10.2016, following the meeting of the Presidium of the State Council of the Russian Federation.
On 8 September 2020, further to bidding procedures, a long-term investment agreement for construction, maintenance, repair, overhaul and operation of the Krasnodar bypass on a paid basis was concluded for 27 years. The works on the object are ordered by Avtodor State Company, with JSC Donaerodorstroi as the general contractor. According to the project, construction and erection works will be completed in 2023.
This will be a section of the first technical category (1-B), without intersections with other roads at the same level. By 2024, the Bypass will partially host the transit traffic, now going through the existing M-4 section within the city of Krasnodar, which will improve the environmental situation, significantly increase the traffic capacity of long-distance approaches to the Crimean Bridge, and reduce the travel time to the Black Sea.
