About $101m is to be allocated on reconstruction of federal highways M5 Urals and M7 Volga passing through the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2011, regional officials report.

The funds are reportedly assigned from the federal budget.

Under plans, $49m is to be spent on expansion of the four-lane section of M5 highway in Bashkiria.

Another $52m is to be spent on construction of expanding sections and a bridge over the Belaya river on the M7 highway, the officials said.