LUGANSK, August 26 (Lugansk Media Centre) – LPR engineers have embarked on scaffolding installation in the Stanitsa Luganskaya disengagement area as part of the long-awaited reconstruction of a bridge spanning over the Severskiy Donets river and connecting LPR and Ukraine.
Construction crews have begun preparations for the reconstruction of the bridge footing, said Oleg Podolskiy, director of the Stroitel LLC responsible for the repair works.
"Reconstruction of the bridge bearing is the first stage. The second one is to replace the railing and then, finally, to replace the tarmac surfacing," he said.
He said he believed the preparations would take up to a couple of days.
Lugansk Media Center correspondent who arrived at the site today said that only the JCCC officers were present at the Ukrainian side of the bridge. The construction equipment stood idle approximately 300 m away from the Ukrainian checkpoint.
Currently there is only one official checkpoint at the line of contact in LPR area of responsibility in Donbass and it is accessible via the bridge in vicinity of Stanitsa Luganskaya. Only pedestrian traffic here is possible thanks to temporary conduit, as the bridge was blown up by Ukrainian forces in early 2015. The main span has to be replaced before cars can barrel along the tarmac.
