Sergei Sobyanin outlines Moscow’s priority projects for the coming years

Moscow continues a major overhaul of its industrial, transport, and educational infrastructure. In the coming years, new metro stations and railway terminals will appear in the capital, hospital and school buildings will be constructed and modernized, and the amount of modern industrial space will increase. Sergei Sobyanin spoke about this in an interview with the Rossiya 1 television channel.

Industrial development

According to the Mayor of Moscow, the capital is once again among the country’s key flagships of industrial development.

“High-tech industry—which is most important for Moscow—has grown by 50–60 percent since 2010, and we plan to nearly double modern industrial space, expand the scale of our special economic zones, and so on. And of course, we will continue to develop industries such as pharmaceuticals, microelectronics, photonics, and the production of unmanned aerial systems, among others,” said Sergei Sobyanin.

Construction of stations and renewal of rolling stock

Transport infrastructure plays a special role in the city’s development. Speaking about the development of the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD), Sergei Sobyanin noted that the city has completed the task of fully renewing its rolling stock. Today, 100 percent of MCD rolling stock consists of modern electric trains. In addition, the construction of new railway terminals continues. Eight such projects were completed this year.

“There is still a great deal of work to be done, and our task is to integrate different transportation projects into powerful hubs so that Muscovites can conveniently transfer from one mode of transport to another. There should be no sense that today you are traveling by rail, while the metro exists separately somewhere else, and surface transport separately. No—all of this must function as a single system and be as comfortable as possible,” the Mayor of Moscow added.

In addition, whereas railway infrastructure used to divide and fragment the urban fabric of Moscow, the construction of these terminals today helps to unite previously disconnected districts. New links are emerging, and transport services are becoming more convenient.

Sergei Sobyanin also noted that over the next five years, around 10 districts of the city will receive new metro stations. These include districts along the Biryulyovskaya Line—Biryulyovo Vostochnoye and Biryulyovo Zapadnoye. Additional stations will appear in the Yaroslavsky District, on Prospekt Mira, and another station will be built in Golyanovo.

This also includes the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye direction. The Filyovskaya Line will be extended to the Mozhaysky District and Skolkovo. The Troitskaya Line will extend all the way to Troitsk. New stations will also appear in Pechatniki.

The Mayor of Moscow emphasized that there are many plans ahead, and over the next five years the capital is expected to build around three dozen metro stations.

Moscow healthcare and education

Moscow also pays special attention to healthcare. Sergei Sobyanin recalled that the modernization of the outpatient segment has been completed, but work continues—including efforts related to medical technologies, organization, artificial intelligence, and the creation of more comfortable conditions. According to the Mayor, the next large-scale project will focus on inpatient care. Half of the facilities—about 170—have already been built or reconstructed, and roughly the same number is planned for the next five years.

“These include large complexes such as Oncology Hospital No. 62 and Hospital No. 52. There is a new, ultra-modern children’s hospital and a number of other projects, including the famous Sklifosovsky Research Institute, which will also receive a new building. It will, in essence, breathe new life into Sklif,” Sergei Sobyanin emphasized.

He added that this is a major project that will complete a comprehensive stage in the development of Moscow’s healthcare system and bring it to an entirely new level.

Work is also ongoing to modernize Moscow’s schools. By 2032, around 1,000 school buildings are planned to be newly built or fully reconstructed.

“We don’t need years—a single year would be enough—to temporarily relocate students and teachers to neighboring buildings, completely renovate the schools, and then reopen them. This is a very challenging task, but overall we are managing. This year, we reconstructed around 50 such buildings, and we will continue to scale up,” Sergei Sobyanin concluded.