Penza, 18 August 2016. PenzaNews. The Penza region will receive additional 63 school buses in a joint project of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry.

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All in all, 1,860 vehicles wiil be sent to the schools of the country.

The educational institutions of the Penza region expect to receive 30 PAZ buses, designed for 22 passenger seats, 18 Gazelle buses with 11 seats and five with 24 seats, as well as 10 Ford vans seating 23 people.

According to the press service of the regional Ministry of Education, the arrival of new vehicles is scheduled for September 8.

As PenzaNews reported earlier, on June 28, 14 areas received the first 11-seater GAZ minibuses in the amount of 19 vehicles. Also, a new vehicle was sent to the Penza residential school for deaf children.

On August 11, five PAZ buses were received by the schools in Gorodishchensky, Nizhnelomovsky, Kuznetsky and Serdobsky areas of the Penza region.