One of the criteria for evaluation was the implementation of national projects and the strategic plan "Living in the North". Murmansk will receive a regional grant for infrastructure renewal, as will Olenegorsk, the Kolsky District and the closed administrative-territorial entity Vidyayevo.

As Governor Andrei Chibis noted, this is an indicator that, with the increasing pace of work and growing volumes of objects and tasks, these municipalities are showing good dynamics.