MINSK, 6 November (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has proposed to extend the Minsk metro to the north of Minsk where a smart city will be built as he took part in a ceremony to inaugurate the Minsk metro third line on 6 November, BelTA has learned.
After arriving at the Kovalskaya Sloboda station, Aleksandr Lukashenko inquired about the construction of the new line and the performance of the new equipment, in particular, the Alesya tunnel boring machine. The president also asked the Minsk metro top managers about how things are in the company's labor collective. “If you are eager to work and do it effectively – thank you, we welcome this,” he noted.
So far, the third line includes four stations: Kovalskaya Sloboda, Vokzalnaya, Ploshchad Frantishka Bogushevicha, and Yubileinaya Ploshchad.
Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev briefed the president on the work on the next stage which provides for building new stations in the southern direction. Plans are in place to build a line towards the Zeleny Lug neighborhood in 2023-2024.
Taking into account the development plans of the north of Minsk, where a smart city will be built in the future, Aleksandr Lukashenko also proposed to build a short metro line serving that part of the city.
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, the Minsk metro development plan should also provide for the extension of the first line in the northwestern direction. It is time to start developing above-ground segments of the metro system, the head of state believes.
