Malaya Pokrovskaya Street is set to be turned into a pedestrian street.

      26 November 2025 16:30 Society

      Preparatory work has begun in the center of Nizhny Novgorod to create a new pedestrian zone on the section of Malaya Pokrovskaya Street — from Bolshaya Pokrovskaya to Architect Kharitonov Street. The project, previously proposed by activists of the Council of Young Families, has begun to be implemented as part of the street's major renovation.

      According to the Municipal State Institution "Main Department for Construction and Repair of the Metro, Bridges and Road Networks", barrier gates are currently being installed on the specified section. One of them is being mounted at building No. 2A on Malaya Pokrovskaya, the second immediately past the intersection with Architect Kharitonov Street.

      According to the city administration's plans, in the future this area will become a linking element between Bolshaya Pokrovskaya Street, the Pochainsky Ravine, where improvement works continue, and Ilyinskaya Street, which is also planned to be renovated. All elements of the space will be designed in a unified architectural style.

      To complete the work the contractor will need to install drainage channels, tactile paving, road signs, bollards, and also to erect a new "Architectural and Construction University" bus shelter at the intersection with Gogol Street.

      The project also provides for changes to traffic organization on the adjacent streets. Thus, the stretch of Malaya Pokrovskaya from Architect Kharitonov Street to Ilyinskaya will become two-way. In addition, several traffic light installations will be modernized: at the Communications Building on Gorky Square and at the intersection of Ilyinskaya and Maslyakova streets.

      New traffic lights will also appear at the intersection of Bolshaya and Malaya Pokrovskaya, where Maslyakova Street meets Gorky Square, and on other nearby streets.

      It was previously reported that repairs on Malaya Pokrovskaya in Nizhny Novgorod were 99% complete. It will remain closed to traffic until the end of 2025.

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