{"id":616677,"date":"2026-09-18T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/2026\/09\/616677\/roads-in-mykolaiv-are-being-patched-only-at-critical-spots-there-is-no-money-for-large-scale-repairs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:04:55","slug":"roads-in-mykolaiv-are-being-patched-only-at-critical-spots-there-is-no-money-for-large-scale-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korabelov.info\/en\/2026\/09\/616677\/roads-in-mykolaiv-are-being-patched-only-at-critical-spots-there-is-no-money-for-large-scale-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Roads in Mykolaiv are being patched only at critical spots: there is no money for large-scale repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Mykolaiv<\/strong>, the municipal enterprise \u201cELU Avtodorih\u201d<\/strong> is eliminating emergency potholes on key transport arteries. Due to a shortage of budget funding and rising material costs, road workers have focused on critical sections with the heaviest traffic loads.<\/p>\n

The director of the enterprise, Vitalii Shevchenko<\/strong>, told the MART<\/strong> TV channel that the estimated need for 2026<\/strong> was about UAH 170 million<\/strong>. Such funding would have allowed maintaining the city\u2019s roads at the previous year\u2019s level, but initially only UAH 74 million<\/strong> was allocated from the budget.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe need this year was marked at approximately UAH 170 million<\/strong> to maintain all the city\u2019s roads. But when the new budget year came, we received roughly half of that need, namely UAH 74 million<\/strong>. In addition, we faced the issue of rising fuel, bitumen, and overall logistics costs. Moreover, our winter was very cold \u2014 we had frost for 64 days<\/strong> in a row, both day and night, there were many freeze\u2013thaw cycles. So this year it is not just a challenge, it is a catastrophic situation for coverage,\u201d \u2014 noted Vitalii Shevchenko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Because of the lack of funds, the city is not currently carrying out major or large-scale current repairs. Available resources are being directed toward locally filling emergency potholes.<\/p>\n

During the August<\/strong> session of the Mykolaiv City Council<\/strong>, the enterprise was additionally allocated UAH 28 million<\/strong>. Of this amount, about UAH 5 million<\/strong> is planned to be spent directly on purchasing asphalt concrete.<\/p>\n

The volume of asphalt paving will also decrease. Last year the enterprise used 4.5\u20135 thousand tonnes<\/strong>, while this year the expected maximum is about 3 thousand tonnes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Asphalt will primarily be laid on heavily loaded arterial streets and avenues:<\/p>\n