The secretary of the city council Igor Terekhov today, on March 17, inspected the progress of repair work on the Kharkiv Okruzhnaya road, the press service of the Kharkiv city council reports..

According to the head of the Highway Service in the Kharkiv region, Andrey Alekseev, on the section from Alekseevka in the direction of Saltovka and in the Rogansky residential area, repairs have already begun, in other sections, while preparatory work is being carried out. It is planned to carry out overhaul of 58 km of the Ring Road.

He also noted that a project is currently being developed to install a traffic light facility at the intersection of roads from Cherkasskaya Lozovaya and Pyatikhatki, which will reduce the accident rate of the intersection.. Traffic lights will be installed by the beginning of October.

Igor Terekhov noted that the global reconstruction of the Okruzhnaya road is very important for Kharkiv citizens, the city and its large transport infrastructure.

“At the end of last year, I turned to the management of Ukravtodor and the President of Ukraine regarding the global reconstruction of the Okruzhnaya road, and this initiative was supported. The necessary tender procedures have been completed, and at the moment the road workers have already started repair work.. The road is of course in a terrible state. It actually does not exist, this is some kind of maze and a test for machines. However, this road is an important part of the transport infrastructure of Kharkiv, "

According to him, in order to avoid congestion in the city, the Ring Road will not be completely blocked, repair work will be carried out in parts. The implementation of this project is designed for two years..