Today, GIMS employees held a technical examination of another ice passage and give a start for the traffic on the new ice portion on the Volga. The ice road Arakchino – Verkhny Uslon became the third from five planned to be opened. Traffic on other parts of Tatarstan rivers is categorically forbidden! This passage cuts the way for drivers up to about 65 km in comparison with the main road. The ice road distance is 3 200 meters.