KYIV. Sept 8 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry intends to start building the Lviv-Kherson highway in 2017 if the required funds are available, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has said, adding that this would solve transit issues.
“If we manage to obtain the doubled sum – the prime minister promises it – we would be able to start systemic construction of roads. In particular, this year we are to hold tenders and next year to start building a large European highway that would joint Lviv and Kherson,” he said on Channel 5 TV late on Monday.
He said that these plans suit the situation with transit in Ukraine, in particular, this concerns a ban to transit across Russia.
The minister said that construction of the highway would solve the transportation of cargo between southern ports in Ukraine and the European Union.
“This road is built with this purpose. I think that the project would be a success. We would find good contractors,” he said.
