Vladimir Putin participated in the opening of the toll highway M-11 Moscow - Saint-Petersburg, reports journalist Last news . Conversing with the workers, the leader said that in the history of road construction in the country was not yet a project of this level. The head of the country paid homage to the builders and said that " there is something to be proud of." Putin drew attention that the launch road will help the development of Russian regions. according to his statement, the implementation of such large-scale projects speaks about the fact that with good coordination and concentration, you receive the result. "This is a good example of public-private partnerships: the government participated, and private companies, and French, Turkish builders, just all worked as a team on the result and it was achieved ", - said Putin. the head also reminded that it has been a public expression of the will for choosing a name for the new highway, the most votes scored version of " Neva ". "Will call", he added. The route connects the two largest cities of Russia and is from Moscow ring road to the Ring road around St. Petersburg. The total length of 669 kilometers. Travel on M-11 will have cost about 2 thousand. on the highway is 16 toll booths, six multifunctional service zones, half a dozen of the container gas stations. A new road parallel to the Federal highway M-10 " Russia ", which in practice is exhausted bandwidth. it is assumed that M-10 will Orient the local movement, and the New Route will take transit. This will give the opportunity to provide high-speed movement between Moscow and St. Petersburg. <span style="color:darkgray