Ukraine finds itself at the very bottom of the world ranking of road quality
According to the annual ranking of the World Economic Forum, in 2016 Ukraine took 137th place out of 144 countries in the world in terms of road surface quality, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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This was reported by the Kiev publication LigaBusinessInform.
Experts have calculated that 97% of Ukrainian roads need updating.
In total, Ukraine has 170 km of roads: 000 km are roads of national importance, 50 km are local ones. Ukravtodor is responsible for repairing the former, while the latter is under the jurisdiction of local authorities. Ukravtodor has nothing to do with their financing.
The main expenses of Ukravtodor (in descending order) go to finance minor (pothole), medium and major repairs, repayment of loans and debts of previous years, maintenance and safety on the roads.
Ukrainian officials promise that about 2017 km of roads will be repaired in 2000 - twice as much as in 2016 and at the level of 2011, when Ukraine carried out large-scale construction in preparation for Euro 2012.
At the same time, theft during the disbursement of funds for road repairs also amounts to billions of hryvnia.
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