OREANDA-NEWS. March 16, 2016. This year, the funding for road restoration and repair from the state budget, assistance from international financial institutions as well as local budgets will be about UAH14.2 billion. The state budget will allocate UAH 6.5 billion to this end.

On Monday, 14 March, an extraordinary meeting of the Government of Ukraine has approved a decree on the distribution of government expenditure which allocates UAH6.5 billion to funding for the restoration and repair of roads.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has stressed that the adoption of this decree means that "we are launching a process of repair of roads, start using construction equipment on roads and start working."

The Prime Minister has recalled that recently he along with Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Andrii Pyvovarsky held a meeting with local authorities in Ivano-Frankivsk to discuss the 2016 work plan for the restoration, reconstruction and repair of roads.

According to the Minister of Infrastructure, many regions will be able to use construction equipment the next day after the signing of the decree.

During the meeting Andrii Pyvovarsky has also informed that the Ministry is working on the preparation of a decree that would provide independent monitoring of the repair quality of the highways.

The Infrastructure Minister stressed the need to provide guarantees for repairs, "If the construction of a road has been started, then companies that are building will be required to provide a 10-year guarantee."