Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry to grant international status to Bila Tserkva Airport

The reconstruction of airports in the cities of Dnipro and Odesa, as well as the town of Mukachevo, is also envisaged.

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Ukraine's Infrastructure Ministry in 2020 plans to grant the status of international airport to that in the Ukrainian town of Bila Tserkva, as well as prepare the M-05 Kyiv – Bila Tserkva highway for operation on concession terms.

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The reconstruction of airports in the cities of Dnipro and Odesa, as well as the town of Mukachevo, is also envisaged, the ministry's press service said on January 3.

In the road infrastructure sector, it is planned to prepare concessions for the highways M-06 Lviv – Stryi, M-09 Lviv – Ternopil, M-05 Kyiv – Bila Tserkva, as well as to put into operation 20 systems for weighing in traffic.

The ministry also plans to restore about 4,000 kilometers of roads and implement reforms at the Ukravtodor Automobile Road Agency and the State Service of Ukraine for Transport Safety (Ukrtransbezpeka).

As UNIAN reported earlier, the infrastructure ministry in 2018 announced plans to build Bila Tserkva International Airport with multimodal infrastructure for freight and passenger traffic by 2020, as well as to ensure the development of a modern center for aircraft maintenance and repairs.

The ministry's experts estimated the project at EUR 52 million to be implemented within 2018-2020.

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