SIMFEROPOL. April 8 (Interfax) - The modernization of Crimea's transportation corridor will begin this year, and investments are estimated to total 7 billion rubles, Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Representative to Crimea Dmitry Kozak told journalists in Simferopol on Tuesday.

"Firstly, the decision that has already been made [is for] a road to the east that will join a future bridge [over the Kerch Strait]. [