The head of the State Service of Sea and River Transport of Ukraine in 2018-2019, Dmytro Petrenko, believes that Odessa does not have a systemic policy for the development of road infrastructure, and that road repair contracts are "divided" among themselves by companies from the city's sphere of influence. He told about this in the comment of ElitExpert.
"The City Council of Odesa is currently considering the city budget project for 2022: they plan to increase the budget to 12 billion hryvnias, in 2023 - to 13,5 billion hryvnias, and in 2024 - to 14,8 billion hryvnias.
Indicators of treasury growth in Odessa are tied to the expected growth of tax revenues from business. But even if these indicators are justified, the roads in the city will not become better because of this," said Petrenko.
The basic issue for any modern city is the transport infrastructure, but now Odessa does not have a systemic policy.
"Actually, the budget of Odesa in 2021 amounted to 12 billion hryvnias, but from this mass of money, about half a billion hryvnias were spent on infrastructure costs, everything else - on food. Moreover, even these half a billion hryvnias were in fact also issued for "proedanie". Or rather, to "distribute" tenders to "their" companies, instead of creating new solutions. Odessa does not have a comprehensive strategy for the development of transport infrastructure, and the city authorities are organizing a race to "master" the budget for road repairs. In such conditions, it makes no sense for local authorities to build logistics, to foresee how traffic in the city will change in 5-10 years," Dmitry Petrenko summarized.
In such conditions, it makes no sense for local authorities to build logistics, foresee how traffic in the city will change in 5-10 years. Also, Trukhanov does not see the need to engage in planning and development of projects.
