The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has begun repair work on the ten-kilometer section of the T-16-07 Izmail-Kiliya-Vilkove national road.
Ukravtodor said in its Telegram channel that work is already underway to break up the old road surface and equip the base with crushed stone-sand mixture.
The contractor for the repair work on the site is Rostdorstroy LLC.
Ukravtodor said that under the Big Construction program it is planned to restore 194 km of roads in Odesa region in 2020.
RDS Group is included in the top three road construction companies of Ukraine. It includes Kyivshliakhbud” and Rostdorstroy.
The core business is construction, reconstruction and maintenance of roads and bridges, construction of airfield complexes.
The ultimate beneficial owners of RDS Group are Ukrainian citizens Yuriy Shumakher and Yevhen Konovalov.
IZMAIL, KYIVSHLIAKHBUD, RDS, REPAIRS, ROAD, ROSTDORSTROY, UKRAVTODOR, VILKOVE
PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) has passed 50 million tonnes of smelter slag to state-run enterprise New Technologies of Road Construction.
The metallurgical complex said on Thursday that after processing into slag crushed stone and sand smelter slag will be used for road construction and repairs under the Big Construction state program.
“We want Ukravtodor and local authorities to use more actively smelter slag provided by ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih the characteristics of which fully comply with the national standards of road construction. It can be used in the base layer and as fine and coarse aggregate for concrete and asphalt roads,” the enterprise’s chief engineer, Andriy Babenko, said.
He also noted that active use smelter slag will improve the quality of road surface, as well as resolve the environmental problems related to accumulation and disposal of waste.
“Moreover, this is an economically reasonable solution, as road construction using such a technology will cost the government less than the use of natural materials,” Babenko said.
According to ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukravtodor plans to use around 500,000 cubic meters of smelter slag for road construction in 2020. As of the middle of August, it has used more than 100,000 cubic meters of smelter slag in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will finance the reconstruction of the Dnipro-Mariupol and Dnipro-Kotovka roads in Dnipropetrovsk region, EBRD Senior Adviser for External Affairs Anton Usov said on his Facebook page. “The head of Dnipropetrovsk region, Oleksandr Bondarenko, and the EBRD Deputy Director in Ukraine, Mark Magaletsky, have signed an agreement to begin preparing a project for the reconstruction of roads in the region. The project cost is estimated at EUR 50 million,” he said.Procurement of goods and services for this project will be carried out in strict accordance with the rules of the EBRD after approval by the board of directors of the bank and signing the corresponding agreement.Usov said that work in this direction was launched in October 2019 in the context of the Re-Think investment forum, which was held in Mariupol (Donetsk region).
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said how it is important to continue to build the roads in Ukraine.
“I want to stress on how important to warm up our economy and give it an impetus after quarantine. That is why the Big Construction Program continues. In 2020, we will allocate UAH 85 billion to state roads and UAH 22 billion – to the local roads,” Zelensky said in a video address to Ukrainians on April 30.
According to him, this will help create thousands of jobs in all regions of our country.
Zelensky noted that on April 30 the issue of providing Ukravtodor with the first tranche from Ukreximbank to upgrade the roads was resolved.
“At the same time, schools, kindergartens and more than two hundred admission departments in supporting hospitals are of our top priority,” he said.
The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) has started overhaul on N-08 road in Cherkasy region on the site from the turn to Kaniv in Sofiyivka village to Pischane village of Zolotonosha district. Ukravtodor said in its Telegram channel that this is the first overhaul in Cherkasy region over the past 12 years.
The agency plans to repair 33.5 kilometers of N-08 road Boryspil-Dnipro-Zaporizhia-Mariupol in 2020.
Under the overhaul of the site, in particular, it is planned to carry out a complex of the following works: regeneration of structural layers of the road surface using cold recycling technology; strengthening the road’s sides and the drainline system from the roadway; construction of the road surface; furniture of auxiliary lanes; construction of road surface and road exits from three layers of asphalt concrete; construction of new landing and stopping areas; furniture of road surface marking and information signs.
In addition, it is planned to repair the bridge over the Supiy River, namely, to install a new monolithic slab and new barrier railings.
The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) starts building a road to Stanytsia Luhanska, Head of Ukravtodor Oleksandr Kubrakov said during an online briefing on Thursday, April 9. “The main thing that starts this week is the road to Stanytsia Luhanska. There are several road sections, but the total length will be 130 kilometers and we are starting to construct this road today,” he said.
According to Kubrakov, there are plans to finish this road construction until mid-July.
The head of Ukravtodor also said that the H-31 Dnipro-Reshetylivka and H-30 Vasylivka-Berdiansk roads are currently under active construction.
“H-31 road is fully in operation. There are 29 kilometers along which no work is underway, because the feasibility study is being developed, but we understand that the president’s task is to complete this road this year, thus we are following the plan. As for H-30 Vasylivka-Berdiansk, some roads are already being commissioned. We hope that when the quarantine ends and the tourist season comes, this road will be opened,” Kubrakov said.
