Ingushetia and Dagestan entered the TOP-10 Russian regions in terms of road quality

In Ingushetia, 82.8% of roads meet regulatory requirements. According to this indicator, the republic ranks fifth in the Russian Federation. These are the data from the RIA Novosti rating.

Dagestan took 10th place (74.2%), Stavropol Krai - 19th (65%), Kabardino-Balkaria - 25th (62.4%), Chechnya - 45th (52.2%), North Ossetia - 57th (45.9%), Karachay-Cherkessia - 58th (45.4%).

The top three in terms of the number of good roads were Moscow (97.6%), Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (88.4%) and Krasnodar Krai (84.4%). The Volgograd, Kirov and Arkhangelsk regions are at the bottom of the rating, where 15.7% to 29.7% of highways meet the standards.

In the country as a whole, only slightly more than half of the roads (54.1%) meet regulatory requirements. In 45 subjects of the Russian Federation, the share of such roads is less than the all-Russian level, in 40 it is more.

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