Official estimates suggest that 70% of Ukraine’s highways require capital repairs.
Meanwhile, 50% of the country’s highways (80,000km) of highways are in a poor condition. Roads have been made worse by recent bad winter weather.
According to Ukraine’s state body2780 UkrAvTodor, traffic volumes have also increased 5%/year for the last five years, making the problem worse. And Ukravtodor says that repairs to Ukrainian highways will cost not less than €59.5 billion. Meanwhile Ukraine’s design institute Kievsoyuzdorproekt says that 95% of the country’s 16,000 bridges do not meet technical standards and require repairs or replacement.
In 2009, 238km of new highways were opened to traffic.
Meanwhile, 50% of the country’s highways (80,000km) of highways are in a poor condition. Roads have been made worse by recent bad winter weather.
According to Ukraine’s state body
In 2009, 238km of new highways were opened to traffic.
