St. Petersburg’s city government is considering allocating another plot of land for Suzuki’s planned car assembly plant to minimise the cost to the automaker.
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The 3bn rouble plant, originally to be constructed in the city’s Shushary-2 industrial area, has run into complications with Suzuki forced to find additional funds to excavate peat discovered on the construction site.
The weak soil has also forced Suzuki to delay opening the factory until 2010 – it was originally scheduled to open in the second half of this year. The automaker signed an agreement to build the 30,000-unit facility in June 2007.
The St Petersburg region is home to numerous other western automakers with plants either in operation or under construction. Ford was a pioneer with a plant – since expanded – to make the Focus.
