Ukrainian roads should be given to private owners. This will increase budget revenues and improve the quality of roads.. Privatization of roads should start now, co-owner of Novaya Poshta Volodymyr Popereshnyuk wrote on social networks.

According to him, the income from the privatization of roads could be about $100 billion (two current defense budgets).

“Entrepreneurs will start pampering us with services, building new roads and highways for us, maintaining order, cleanliness, safety and absence of traffic jams there.. Road service will develop in the same way as roadside filling complexes are developing now,"

Also, market relations will help remove the inefficient, complex and corrupt system of road financing through taxes, excises, which can be removed, he added..

However, his initiative was not supported by social network users.. There were many arguments against.

For example, some believe that the country will not be able to conduct an open privatization process, and the roads will be given to "

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Also, people cited Europe as an example, where the practice of private roads is not common.. So, in Poland, only three motorways are tolled.. In the Netherlands, all roads are free, tariffs are implemented only for trucks. In Denmark, there are also no road tolls, only two bridges are tolled, etc..