This was announced by the Ministry of agriculture of the region.

"In the 2017-2018 year, the company JSC "UGC" will begin reconstruction of the loading and forming of a node on Budyonnovsk the Elevator with a total cost of 880 million rubles. In the first phase will be reconstructed railway track built AutoPlay the item laboratory. Provides a connection object reconstruction with the main Elevator tower to allow to form a W/d compositions for the shipment of 20 thousand tons per day", – stated in the message.

According to the Ministry, the project will allow the Stavropol region to increase the supply of wheat and other grains for export to the countries of the Caspian region by railway Astara – Rasht – Qazvin already in 2018, and will also provide access to the Makhachkala sea trade port, which in the nearest future will become one of the main channels for grain export in the South of Russia.