The railway which is to completed and connected with the great Russian railway grid by early 2010, is proceeding rapidly despite the complicated climatic and geological conditions, Rosbalt.ru reports with reference to Ruskompress.ru. A total of 4,7 km of bridges were constructed in 2008 and 24,5 meters of new bridges are now built every day, the news sites write. A total of 1300 workers are involved in the operations. The Obskaya-Bovanenkovo railway will significantly help speed up the development of the gas-rich peninsula. The Bovanenkovo, the biggest of the fields in the area, alone has gas reserves estimated to 4,9 trillion cubic meters.
