The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine intends to allocate 56 billion hryvnia for the construction of roads in 2019. This was stated by Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman during the meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers. Thus, financing of repair and construction of roads in Ukraine in 2019 will be increased compared to 2018 by 19%.

"This year we allocated an unprecedented 47 billion UAH. Next year, for road construction in the country, we will allocate 56 billion UAH. If this year we allocated 11 billion rubles for local roads, then next year we will allocate 17 billion for local roads, "the head of government said..

At the same time, he added that the violation of technology in the repair of Ukrainian roads or ineffective use of funds will be investigated by law enforcement agencies. "We will send this information publicly for investigation to law enforcement agencies so that the perpetrators are punished. On the ground, we see a completely different picture. There are those who fulfill the plan and are approaching 100%, but there are those who fulfilled 15%, 20% for the entire construction period. I call for accountability. I demand that, for each allocated hryvnia, be accountable first of all to the citizens, "Groysman said..

He stressed that for the construction of roads in the regions now responsible local authorities, who are responsible for this.

In turn, the head of the Agency of Highways of Ukraine Slawomir Novak noted that this year already announced a tender for the construction in 2019 of 27 objects worth 5.6 billion UAH.

Novak also noted that for the first time in the history of Ukraine, the percentage of the planned work on the country from repair of roads in this year was about 70%, and in some areas even more than 90%.