Groysman urges city mayors to include traffic safety issue in regional development strategies

He said this during a meeting of the Coordinating Council for Road Traffic Safety, the Government portal reported.

"The safety in the cities is vital. I'm speaking here as an expert," Groysman said, reminding that during his tenure as mayor of Vinnytsia in 2009 he initiated the creation of a municipal situation Center for Road Traffic Safety. The city developed a project and was ready to invest in such center. Though at that time the initiative did not find support at the government level and the center was set up solely at the expense of the city funding, without the financial support of the central government.

According to Groysman, the current state of affairs is fundamentally different. The issue of traffic safety is a national priority. In addition, due to decentralization, regions have significant development budgets.

"I would like these centers to be set up in all cities in order to maintain safety, to include the implementation of local security strategies to the agenda. And aftermath the analysis of how the regions are struggling with traffic safety rules violations," Groysman said.