Ukraine to spend over US$1.68 bln on road construction, repairs in 2018

"Next year we'll boost spending on road construction. Some UAH 44 billion is to be allocated," he said.

Read alsoUkraine's government sends 2018 budget to parliament: Key benchmarksIn particular, UAH 32.6 billion, or US$1.25 billion, will be channeled into the country's road maintenance fund, while UAH 5.4 billion, or US$172 million will be raised for road construction under international agreements. Another UAH 4 billion, or US$153 million, will be allocated for the construction of a road linking Lviv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Vinnytsia, Uman, Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson, and UAH 2 billion, or US$76 million for repairs to a road between Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dovzhansky.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine spent UAH 32.2 billion, or US$1.23 billion, on road construction in 2017, according to the Ukrainian government.