The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could provide a loan of EUR 250 million to implement Ukraine Public Transport Framework II, according to a posting on the EBRD’s website.
According to the report, the decision to provide financing the EBRD board is to discuss on July 24, 2019.
“The EBRD will be signing loan agreements with respective companies and guarantee and project support agreements with respective cities. Each loan will be guaranteed by the respective municipality,” the bank said.
The investments will primarily focus on transport renewal (acquisition of new trolleybuses, buses, trams and metro cars as applicable) and the rehabilitation and/or modernisation of public transport infrastructure including automated fare collection, automatic vehicle location and traffic management systems.
As reported, in October 2015, the EBRD approved the provision of EUR 100 million under Ukraine Public Transport Framework.