He stated this at a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with members of the government.
“Colleagues proposed to build a separate branch in the direction of the Pacific Ocean, provided that they were given the opportunity to export coal.
That is, it will not even be BAM or Transsib, but one more new line higher.
Such a third parallel to the Pacific Ocean.
We are also considering this option together with them, "RIA Novosti quoted Belozerov as saying.
The line can be laid from the Elga field in Yakutia.
Earlier it was reported that the military railroad workers had started the construction of the second branch of the BAM.