Editing Sakha Republic (section)

===Transportation===
Water transport ranks first for cargo turnover. There are six river ports, two seaports ([[Tiksi]] and Zelyony Mys). Four shipping companies, including the Arctic Sea Shipping Company, operate in the republic. The republic's main waterway is the [[Lena River]], which links [[Yakutsk]] with the rail station of [[Ust-Kut]] in [[Irkutsk Oblast]].

[[File:Aeroport Yakutsk 01.jpg|thumb|[[Yakutsk Airport|Yakutsk Aeroport]], the main air-traffic hub of the republic.]]

Air transport is the most important for transporting people. Airlines connect the republic with most regions of Russia. [[Yakutsk Airport]] has an international terminal.

Two federal roads pass the republic. They are Yakutsk–[[Skovorodino, Amur Oblast|Skovorodino]] ([[A360 Lena highway (Russia)|A360 Lena highway]]) and Yakutsk–[[Magadan]] ([[M56 Kolyma Highway]]).
However, due to the presence of permafrost, use of asphalt is not practical, and therefore the roads are made of clay.  When heavy rains blow over the region, the roads often turn to mud, sometimes stranding hundreds of travelers in the process.<ref>EnglishRussia.com – [http://englishrussia.com/?p=315 ''Russian Roads'']</ref>

The [[Berkakit]]–[[Tommot]] railroad is currently in operation. It links the [[Baikal-Amur Mainline]] with the industrial centers in South Sakha. Construction of the [[Amur–Yakutsk Mainline]] continues northward; the railway was completed to [[Nizhny Bestyakh]], across the river from Yakutsk, in 2013. Though this one-track railroad from Tommot to Nizhny Bestyakh is under temporary operation (30% of its full capacity), the federal agency for railways declared that this railroad would be in full operation in fall 2015.{{update inline|date=February 2016}} Also the private company is now{{when|date=February 2016}} constructing the transport and logistics center in Nizhny Bestyakh.