page_title: Western High-Speed Diameter
section_title: Environmental Impact
hierarchical_section_title: Western High-Speed Diameter / Environmental Impact
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial photo of the cable-stayed bridge at Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg (Russia). Русский: Аэрофотосъёмка вантового моста ЗСД около стадиона на Крестовском острове в Санкт-Петербурге (Россия).
context_page_description: The Western High-Speed Diameter is a toll motorway in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The first section of the road open to traffic was an eight-lane motorway connecting the southern section of the A118 beltway with two junctions at the Kirovsky and Moskovsky Districts, respectively. Other sections of the highway were under construction and eventually formed a corridor through the western districts of St. Petersburg to cross the northern portion of the A118 beltway in Yuntolovo and to meet the E-18/M-10 route at the Beloostrov junction. A new 4-km-long section of the highway was slated to open in late 2011. It connects the northern terminus of the first open segment with the industrial western part of the Kirovsky district which hosts the port of St. Petersburg. A 25-km-long section running from Beloostrov to the Primorsky District was scheduled to open in late 2012. The overall length of the Western High-Speed Diameter highway was projected at 47 km upon the scheduled completion in 2013 - 2014. A discount is given during the overnight hours and for the vehicles equipped with a transponder. WHSD cost 210 billion rubles. In December, 2016 the whole motorway was open for traffic.
context_section_description: Part of the toll highway will run near the Yuntolovo Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of St Petersburg. From the outset, the road construction project has caused significant public concern about a negative impact on the ecology of the reserve, as well as possible rezoning of areas of the nature reserve for commercial and residential development. Concerned citizens have formed a movement to save the forest and swampland of the nature reserve from harmful construction projects along the route of the new highway.
caption: Central part of Western High-Speed Diameter
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