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Designers from Omsk, central Russia, presented project plans for a bridge linking Vladivostok with its Russky Island to Primorye Governor Sergei Darkin on Wednesday, a statement from the regional administration reported.

The overpass design was introduced to the governor during his visit to Vladivostok’s Nazimov Cape at the Bosfor Vostochny Strait, where he was accompanied by administration officials and construction specialists.

The 3,150-meter long bridge, which will link the Nazimov peninsula in Patrokl Bay with the cape of Novosilsky on Russky Island, is supposed to become the city’s highlight, Darkin said.

The 70-meter high suspension bridge over the Bosfor Vostochny Strait, which divides Vladivostok and Russky Island, is being constructed to prepare for the 2012 APEC summit, which is to be hosted by the city. Together with the planned construction of a bridge over Vladivostok’s Zolotoy Rog bay, it aims to vastly change Primorye’s transport infrastructure.



“In planning, [the designers] are making use of the latest tendencies in bridge construction and considering interesting design solutions,” Darkin said.

During the work, all historical objects at the construction sites – including Vladivostok’s fortress structure - will be preserved and restored, Darkin reassured. “For long years the fortresses have sat in neglect, but now we intend to restore these relics, transforming them into cultural sights for the city and region,” he was cited by the statement.

The plans and initial documents are expected to be completed in May 2008, with construction to begin the following spring. The bridge is projected to be put into use in 2011. Currently, the constructors are taking ground probes at both sites.

According to the statement from the region’s administration, over 400 jobs will be provided for Primorye residents during construction. Most of the work will be carried out with the use of materials supplied by regional factories, including steel constructions, stone and asphalt.

Meanwhile, about 190 entries by 50 designers from Primorye were submitted for a contest held to choose the best logo for the 2012 APEC summit in Vladivostok, The Vladivostok newspaper reported. According to the rules of the contest, which was announced by the regional administration, any Primorye resident can participate and submit his variant of the logo, with the winner receiving a prize of 70,000 rubles ($2,900).