On April 10, during a staff meeting chaired by Volyn RSA Head Volodymyr Bondar, Deputy Head of the Regional Road Service Vitaliy Sydorenko reported that 100 million UAH has now been allocated for highway repairs. However, Volodymyr Bondar never received a specific answer as to when and where exactly major repairs, rather than pothole repairs, would begin. This was reported by a ZIK correspondent.
The Head of the Volyn RSA is concerned that foreign representatives judge all of Ukraine by the current state of roads in Volyn.
According to Volodymyr Bondar, pothole repairs do not provide stability and safety on roads, but merely consume significant funds from the budget. As of 01.01.06, housing and utility enterprises operate 1,341 km of roads. Last year, 20.7 million UAH was allocated for their maintenance. However, the relevant organizations are not even planning major repairs.
Pothole repairs are planned to be completed on state roads by May 1, and on local roads by May 15 of this year. Three plants are working to this end. Vitaliy Sydorenko even introduced a new term – "emergency pothole repair" – for areas requiring urgent intervention ("Ivanove Boloto", the intersection in Lyuboml, overpasses, etc.).