The Sea (Marine) Facade is a project of expansion of St. Petersburg, on

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at the

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river's mouth. In these new territories, the

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was created, along with a considerable amount of residential and commercial space. The

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highway was built across these lands. This project was implemented within the framework of a public-private partnership between the Saint Petersburg City Administration and the Marine Facade Management Company. The primary goal of this project was to build the Passenger Port of St. Petersburg by reclaiming new territories of 476

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s from the

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in the

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. The total cost of the project is an estimated 3

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dollars. The project built over 1.5

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of office space, 3 million square metres of residential space, as well as retail, entertainment and social objects, two subway stations, and a marina. In 2008, the first phase of work was finished, and an area of 150 hectares was reclaimed for the port building. Reclamation of an additional 20 hectares for the Western Rapid Diameter and the construction of buildings subsequently began.

Construction chronology

;2006: * The area of 35 hectares was reclaimed. * The underwater channel for the moorings in the port's aquatic area was built. * Construction of the service access road was finished. * The dividing dam was built. ;2007: * The reclaimed area was about 80 hectares (half of this area was intended to be under the passenger terminal). As of July, more than 70% of the work had been done. * By July 28 (

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), the training sailing ship named ''Young Baltiets'' had moored at berth 7 and the

was launched. ;2008: * In May, the builders announced the beginning of sale of space for the residential and commercial buildings on the reclaimed lands. ;2009: * In August, a

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line to Peterhof and the

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was launched. * In September, the sea passenger port accepted the first cruise ship with passengers. ;2011: * In May, work on the passenger port was finished and the newly completed Marine Facade sea passenger port was officially handed over to the city government. ;2014: * On June 25, the passenger port serviced seven cruise ships in its seven berths and four terminals—more than 12,000 passengers combined.

References

External links

Marine Facade Management Company
{{Hydrofoil boats lines of Saint Petersburg Gulf of Finland Land reclamation