Today, GIMS inspectors held a repeated technical examination of ice passages on the river Volga on the routes Arakchino – Verkhny Uslon and Zelenodolsk – Nizhnie Vyazovye. After that they gave the go-ahead to drive over the ice road for cars with the mass of 3.5 tons. Minimal thickness of the ice on the passage Arakchino – Verkhny Uslon is 32 cm.