The Federal Road Transport Agency (russian: Федеральное дорожное агентство), also known as Rosavtodor (russian: Росавтодор), is the
Russian government agency responsible for overseeing the
road transport industry and
transport engineering
Transportation engineering or transport engineering is the application of technology and scientific principles to the planning, functional design, operation and management of facilities for any mode of transportation in order to provide for t ...
in Russia.
Federal Road Agency is a state body responsible for initiating of special federal, scientific and technical and innovation programs and projects including the “Roads” subordinate program of the “Modernization of Russian road system (years 2002-2010)” program.
Federal roads management is carried out by Federal Road Agency directly as well as through the system of federal state establishments and their branches, responsible for efficient federal roads management and for organizing of road construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance works.
Control objects are 50.700 km of Federal roads, 5,560 bridges and overpasses plus all the property required to ensure uninterrupted all-the-year-round functioning of federal roads.
The total book cost of the property managed and controlled by Federal Road Agency is approximately 608.000 billion rubles.
Federal Road Agency operates in accordance with the
Constitution of the Russian Federation
The Constitution of the Russian Federation () was adopted by national referendum on 12 December 1993. Russia's constitution came into force on 25 December 1993, at the moment of its official publication, and abolished the Soviet system of gov ...
, federal laws, decrees by the
President of the Russian Federation
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, decrees and resolutions issued by the
Russian Government, corresponding international agreements and orders and decrees by
Ministry of Transport
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...
of the Russian Federation.
The Head of Federal Road Agency is appointed or dismissed by the Russian Government at the suggestion of the
Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Top ranks and uniforms
Civil servants who works in the Agency have class ranks in groups of 1, 2 and 3 classes, which correspond to the military rank. Class ranks are established by article 11 of the Federal Law of 07/07/2004 No. 79-“On the Civil Service of the Russian Federation” and the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 9.6.2006 No. 577.
Employees of the Federal Road Agency have universal uniforms, with rank insignia, approved by the Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation “On Uniform and Insignia of Employees of the Federal Road Agency” (project ID 01/02 / 01-17 / 00061018, prepared by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation 01.02.2017.
Contacts
Its headquarters are in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
.
Russia, Moscow, 129085, Bochkova str., 4
Tel. (495) 686-20-33
Fax (495) 686-29-88
E-mail: rad@fad.ru
References
External links
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Federal Road Agency
Government agencies of Russia
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