UAH 20 bln to be spent on construction of roads this year and UAH 30 bln in 2018, Poroshenko says

This year, UAH 20 billion should be spent on the construction of roads, and UAH 30 billion - in the next year.

President Petro Poroshenko said this while opening a repaired strategic bridge across the Siversky Donets River in Izium, Kharkiv region, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"We set a task to allocate UAH 20 billion for the construction of roads this year, and UAH 30 billion in the next year. This is the dynamics that I want to see in Ukraine," the Head of State said.

He recalled that the year before last about UAH 6 billion were spent on road construction, and UAH 10 billion in 2010.

Poroshenko stressed that the repair of highways and bridges became a project of national importance.

As reported, today the President is on a working trip to Kharkiv region.

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