On Wednesday, May 4, Prime
Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman got acquainted with the
repair work at the section of Kyiv - Znamianka highway.
"One of the priorities of
the work of the Government and relevant Ministries, and Ukravtodor is
to cope with the problems on Ukrainian roads. The task is extremely important
and extremely difficult because road sector and roads in Ukraine are in
critical condition," said Volodymyr Groysman, examining the
state of repairs.
According to him, Ukraine needs
to build a strategy for the road development. "The most important thing
we have to do – to draw up a strategy for the development of Ukrainian roads.
We have not just to build kilometers [of roads], we have to understand from
where an automobile corridor will be built, how this corridor will affect the
development of our State. It is very important to develop our transport
capacity, logistics potential, which Ukraine possesses," stressed Volodymyr Groysman.
The Prime Minister noted that it
had been allocated about UAH20 billion for the current repair of roads in
Ukraine in 2016, and May-June would see the start of current and mid-term road
repair across Ukraine.
"We will do the mid-term
repair in order to resuscitate Ukrainian roads. You will see that the situation
is to be rectified within a few months," noted Volodymyr Groysman.
The Prime Minister said that the
repair of roads foresees consolidated resources provided from the state budget,
the Regional Development Fund, the credit balances of funds attracted under the
state guarantees in 2012-2013, funds from the international financial
institutions (EBRD, EIB, IBRD), local budgets, revenues of which
have significantly increased due to fiscal decentralization, as well as a
special fund of local budgets from extra customs revenues.
In this regard, the Prime
Minister expressed the need to start simultaneous improving of the condition of
roads in all regions of Ukraine. According to him, the Ministries, Ukravtodor and
regional structures are responsible for this.
"Kyiv and other cities of
Ukraine should see major road repairs due to the increase of funds on the
ground," said Volodymyr Groysman. “By combining this resource,
we can make a very serious step forward on restoring order on the roads of Ukraine. It takes
time," he emphasized, urging local companies to participate in tenders and
continue repairing roads.
However, the Prime Minister underlined
the need to effectively and efficiently use resources allocated for road
maintenance, "The most important thing is not just to accumulate money but
to provide completely transparent, public use of these funds," he noted.
Volodymyr Groysman separately
emphasized the necessity of maintaining high quality of road repair or
construction. According to him, it is necessary to ensure the monitoring of works and use
of the allocated funds.In his turn, the Prime Minister harshly reacted to cases
of poor maintenance and abuse in road construction.
"I use the same roads, and
see their current condition. The quality of works that we sometimes see across
Ukraine does not suit me and I believe the majority
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