On December 28, Minsk / Olga Belyavskaya - BELTA /. The State Programme for the Development of Road Transport for 2011-2015 has been approved in Belarus. The relevant decision is contained in Resolution No. 1886 of the Council of Ministers, BELTA was informed by the Office of the Council of Ministers. As reported by the Department of Road, Urban Electric Transport and Metro of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, commenting on the resolution, the new programme envisages further improvement of the system for organising and managing road transport in Belarus, the development of domestic passenger and freight road transport, and the expansion of foreign economic activities in the field of road transport. Particular attention will be paid to the renewal of the bus and truck fleet. It is planned to allocate Br1.2 trillion for these purposes in the coming five-year period, including Br854.6 billion for the purchase of buses and Br350.7 billion for the purchase of trucks. Approximately 3,000 buses and 2,200 units of trucks will be purchased with these funds. Additional measures will be taken to develop and optimise the route network for domestic regular passenger road transport. It is planned to increase the payback of suburban and intercity passenger transport. Foreign investments of $10 million are planned to be attracted for the purchase of motor vehicles required for international passenger and freight transport. The state programme will also implement measures aimed at increasing the competitiveness of Belarusian carriers and expanding the domestic transport services market. "To increase the share of export services from passenger road transport, it is necessary to ensure the renewal of the tourist-class bus fleet and improve the taxation of carriers," the Ministry of Transport believes. The implementation of the programme will allow by 2015, compared to 2010, to double the export of road transport services, or by $513.7 million, to reduce the import intensity of transport services to 21%, and to increase revenues from the provision of road transport services to the population in comparable prices by 1.1% annually. Operating costs for freight and passenger transport will decrease by 2% annually. The environment will also benefit from the development of the road transport complex. Thus, emissions of pollutants from road transport with exhaust gases are planned to be reduced by 1-2% annually.