FORECASTING THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS FROM CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF HIGH-SPEEDHIGHWA YEKATERINBURG - CHELYABINSK
The task is to study the impact of the implementation of the Yekaterinburg-Chelyabinsk high-speed highway project on the integrated development of the territories of the Yekaterinburg agglomeration and identify possible socio-economic effects. The stages of the project implementation, the planned amount of funding and the route scheme of the high-speed highway are considered. The strengths and weaknesses of the project are analyzed. The analysis of the impact of the construction and operation of the high-speed highway route on the growth of employment, the increase in the number of jobs, the development of construction companies and industrial enterprises, the modernization of production, the development of municipalities that are part of the Yekaterinburg agglomeration. Major investment projects that are being implemented or planned for implementation in the region, for which transport infrastructure and accessibility are important: the international transport and logistics hub, the special economic zone «Titanium valley», the special economic zone «natural Park «Bazhovskie mesto», agro-logistics Park. It is concluded that the construction and operation of the Yekaterinburg-Chelyabinsk high-speed railway will positively affect the development of the region's economy and increase the investment attractiveness of large projects in the Yekaterinburg agglomeration.