Today, May 31, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman is checking road works on M-12 highway Stryi – Ternopil – Kropyvnytskyi –  Znamianka, a section of which within the Ternopil and Vinnytsia regions, is a part of the Go Highway transport corridor, which connects the ports of the Black Sea and the Baltic.

"Today we will drive 240 km. I want to see how building and reconstruction of the road under the Go Highway project is taking place. Last year we allocated UAH 800 million to this project, this year -  UAH 4 billion. The project will be completed next year, Prime Minister noted.  - From the western border to Vinnytsia and the road section from Vinnytsia to Uman will be  built by the end of the year. I want to see who conducts road repairs work and  where is the problem. I emphasize: funding is provided and  tenders are held.  The issues on the table are contractors and quality execution of works".

Background

The Go Nighway project will connect the ports of the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea from Gdansk to Odessa, Kherson and Mykolaiv. This route encapsulated the routes M-09 Ternopil - Lviv - Rava Ruska; M-12 Stryi - Ternopil - Kropyvnytskyi - Znamianka (Ternopil - Uman); M-05 Kyiv - Odesa (Bila Tserkva - Uman - Odesa); M-14 Odesa - Melitopol - Novoazovsk (Odesa - Mykolaiv - Kherson).

This year, a sum worth UAH 4 billion was allocated  to the works  under the said project. Activities have been kicked off on 12 objects of the route, including 4 sections of the M-12 highway. As of the end of May, the amount of work performed made up $ 891 million.