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Yatseniuk: Quality roads mean European quality of life
16.03.2015 17:51 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As it is known, the Ukrainian Government has stipulated around a milliard hryvnias in the State Budget for road repairs. Thus, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk instructed the Ukravtodor to immediately use these funds, Government Portal reports.
«The winter is over, as a rule we have it that asphalt disappears together with the snow. Hence, urgent repair of roads», Yatseniuk stressed at the meeting of the State Emergency Commission on Mon, Mar 16.
As to the report, Yatseniuk commissioned Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Andrii Pivovarsky to assume special control over this issue.
Besides, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry was also instructed to stir up financing of the abovementioned expenditures. Moreover, the PM stressed the need to monitor the use of funds.
«The situation is we have ten holes repaired but one hundred holes reported. This must be changed,» he said.
The Prime Minister also stressed the need to repair those roads within responsibility of local councils.
«Additional resource base and revenues have been provided by us. Please, use these funds to repair the roads,» he added.
As to him, a general concept of road construction proves necessary in Ukraine, «not just to repair potholes since while we are engaged into repairing of existing potholes, other holes appear».
Also, Yatseniuk stressed the Cabinet is resolute to allocate governmental guarantees «to build new qualitative roads».
He urged we should embark on negotiations with international partners to increase funding for the construction of roads.
«After a loan from the International Monetary Fund has become available for us, funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and from the European Investment Bank can be available as well,» Yatseniuk stressed.
He added that Ukraine had already signed a EBRD project on road construction worth US$150 million.
However, Yatseniuk said the construction of roads should be conducted not only by foreign companies.
«We should increase a localization percentage: our employees, our vehicles, our gravel, our asphalt we should attract everything we have!» he stressed.
«It means jobs, employment for Ukrainian citizens, the revenues for the budget, loaded production capacities. This means the European quality of life,» he said.
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