 Hydraulic works of the suspended shipping canal were reconstructed after the war, but construction of a connection with the Volga-Don Shipping Canal was cancelled because of the lack of freight flow at that time.Economic use of the Manych steppes improved through the second half of the 20th century.The Nevinnomyssky canal was completed in 1948, and water from the Kuban River began to flow to reservoirs of Manych.