Road builders claim: in Ukraine, every first-category road connecting large cities can be considered a highway. Drivers claim: there are two problems in Ukraine - roads and the government. This is especially noticeable in the example of the flagship - the newly reconstructed Kyiv-Odesa highway. \nWe are on a first-category road connecting Kyiv and Odesa. There are just over one percent of such roads in Ukraine. From here begins a two-hundred-and-thirty-kilometer stretch of road built using modern technology. \n \nRoad builders once again assure: there will never be potholes on the Cherkasy section of the Odesa-Kyiv highway. It was built to all European standards - the depth of the surface in places reaches seventy centimeters. The quality of the road was ensured by foreign equipment and strict control over the workers. \n \nMykhailo Umanets, deputy head of the road service of Cherkasy region: \n- Quality was achieved because foreign equipment was used. These are asphalt pavers, rollers, excavators of foreign manufacture. \n \nRepresentatives of foreign companies building Ukrainian roads claim: Ukraine needs strict adherence to construction technologies. This is exactly what will guarantee their quality. \n \nVlado Blazhevski, Macedonian construction company: \n- Today nowhere in Europe is anything built, and neither crushed stone nor any other material is laid on the road before it has undergone laboratory testing. \n \nThe hardest part is preserving the road. Ukravtodor claims: there is not enough money for proper road maintenance. The equipment in local road departments is outdated, and there is nothing to renew it with. \n \nOleksandr Romasyuk, head of the press service of "Ukravtodor": \n- A decision has been made to increase funding for next year. And we hope that this increase in funding will make it possible not only to build new roads, but also to maintain the roads that are in working condition, so that they meet European standards. \n \nUkraine must as quickly as possible bring roads of international importance to proper quality and improve the conditions for foreign transport passing through customs, says Vlado Blazhevskyi. After all, otherwise cargo flows may bypass Ukraine through neighboring countries, where new highways are currently being actively built. \n Read also:
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