Volyn roads are the best in Western Ukraine thanks to Yushchenko. At least, this is what the head of the Volyn Regional State Administration, Volodymyr Bondar, believes. He stated this on July 4 at a regular staff meeting at the Regional State Administration. The reason for this is the proper preparation of the region's automobile service for the expected visit to Volyn by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, which never took place, reported the Western Information Corporation's own correspondent. During the consideration of the issue regarding the elimination of road surface damage and the preparation of roads for spring-summer operation, the governor of Volyn, Volodymyr Bondar, noted that "Volyn roads are the best in Western Ukraine," thanking the relevant services for their work. The reason for the "road emergency" was preparation for the expected visit to Volyn by President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko at the end of June. The relevant services were given an instruction by the first deputy head of the Regional State Administration, Bohdan Shyba, regarding the elimination of road surface damage. "If you don't do it properly, I will specifically take the President along the worst roads...," Mr. Shyba said at the time. And although Yushchenko did not come, the roads are now repaired. "This is evidence that we still haven't learned to do work not for high-ranking guests, but for ordinary people," Volodymyr Bondar commented on this occasion. Nevertheless, the governor believes, Volyn roads are still far from ideal. "When you drive from Poland through Yahodyn, the first few kilometers from the border are still Europe, and then you begin to realize that you are already in Ukraine," the governor of Volyn expressed figuratively. At the same time, Volodymyr Bondar noted: the worst condition of roads in the region is in the city of Lutsk, and the fault for this lies with the city council, since these are municipal roads that are under the jurisdiction of city municipal services.