At a meeting of the Presidium of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities held in Kharkiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report on plans to implement the Large Construction program for the current year.
According to the Head of State, a strong Ukraine is a high-quality and modern infrastructure.
"We see with our own eyes how our cities, towns and villages are changing thanks to the President's program. In 2022, we plan to build 715 facilities in 24 regions of Ukraine under the Large Construction program," said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the Office of the President.
According to him, the plans include 5.5 thousand km of state roads and more than 1.4 thousand km of local roads, 282 educational institutions, 68 medical institutions, 339 sports facilities and more than 6,800 sports grounds across the country.
"As for the airports, I think that in a month the first reconstructed airport will open - in Kherson. It is already being certified. Many airlines have already signed up to work with this airport. I think we will be able to go to the opening at the end of March," Kyrylo Tymoshenko said, noting that the reconstruction was completed in three months.
According to him, a total of seven regional airports will be reconstructed in 2022, including Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kryvyi Rih, Poltava, Rivne and Chernivtsi.
"We are also continuing the construction of the airport in the city of Dnipro at an accelerated pace," added the Deputy Head of the Office of the President.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko also expressed hope that the construction of the Zaporizhzhia Bridge, the first span of which was opened at the end of 2021, will be completed this year.
Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov said that in the framework of the Large Construction program it is planned to update about 300 man-made structures this year.
Also, according to him, a large-scale renovation of the Kyiv-Odesa road and the southern transport corridor connecting Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson and Mariupol will start this year.
In addition, the winner of the tender for the construction of the first section of the Kyiv bypass road has been determined. According to the official, the construction of the Kremenchuk and Yampil bridges should begin in the near future.
Also, as Oleksandr Kubrakov said, large-scale works on the reconstruction of 750 km of railways are underway, which will increase the speed of passenger trains.
The Minister of Infrastructure noted that the program of updating the railway rolling stock is being implemented. We are talking about approximately 100 new passenger cars.
As part of the Kyiv City Express project, 30 railway platforms will be reconstructed this year.
Oleksandr Kubrakov stressed that the process of preparation for the transfer of four seaports to concession is underway.
Summing up, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that the state invariably remains a reliable partner in the development of communities and regions of Ukraine.
