"Infrastruktura GChP" is a subsidiary of Gazprombank, founded in 2016 as a corporate center for managing public-private partnership projects. In August 2024 it was officially renamed LLC "GPB-Infrastructure Holding".[1] The company's connection to Nizhny Novgorod Region is its involvement in concession initiatives to build bypass roads around the city.

History and activities

The holding was created in 2016; it saw active growth in late 2021, when an engineering center responsible for reviewing design and cost estimate documentation was established within its structure. Over the following two and a half years the company grew into a major industry player, bringing together organizations responsible for the design, construction, management, and operation of infrastructure facilities.[1]

At the time of the renaming, the holding was participating in about 40 projects across the country with a total capital investment of more than 1.8 trillion rubles. Its portfolio includes road, rail, port, airport, logistics, and industrial infrastructure projects, as well as the construction of campuses and tourist facilities. More than 20 projects were at the structuring stage, 13 at the design stage, three in the construction phase, and two at the operational stage.[1] The company's general director is Ksenia Katalymova; its supervisor from Gazprombank is Executive Vice President Ivan Potekhin.[1]

Participation in Nizhny Novgorod projects

In 2022, LLC "Infrastruktura GChP", together with JSC "BTS-Most", submitted to the Nizhny Novgorod Region government a private concession initiative to build a bypass around Balakhna and Zavolzhye — the second launch complex of the Northern Bypass of Nizhny Novgorod, about 24 km long. The cost of the work was then estimated at 23 billion rubles.[2] The estimate later rose to 30.4 billion rubles.[1] As of the end of 2026, no concession agreement for this section had been signed: the authorities continued to consider attracting private investors, but the conclusion of the concession was being delayed due to difficulties with budget execution.

Besides the Balakhna bypass, the same participants — BTS-Most and a Gazprombank subsidiary — were considered as concessionaires for building the Northern and Eastern Bypasses of Nizhny Novgorod, with a combined cost of about 170 billion rubles. The Eastern Bypass envisaged 45 km of highway with ten interchanges and two bridges across the Volga, and the Northern Bypass 39.5 km. The payback period of the project through toll revenue was estimated at 30 years.[2]

Sources

  1. regnum.ru — A subsidiary of Gazprombank has officially changed its name
  2. Govorit Nizhny — Construction of the Northern and Eastern bypasses of Nizhny Novgorod is estimated at 170 billion rubles
Articles used as sources (1)

Seizure of land plots of the Volga paper mill for the construction of the Balakhna bypass (2026)