The Government annually increases state support for hromada development and infrastructure improvement. This year it reaches over UAH 37.8 billion. These funds were directed in the first place to repair schools and kindergartens, hospitals, construction of boiler-houses and sports grounds, as well as to healthcare development in rural areas, support of farmers in the regions, energy efficiency.

Dozens of socially important projects are funded this year in the Odesa Oblast with the financial support of the Government. In particular, in 2018, the Government allocated funds for the completion of major repairs of the bridge crossing on the M-15 road Odesa-Reni near the village of Palanka, construction of a new runway of the Odesa Airport that will be able to receive heavy aircrafts, for a new sports complex in Balta, for renovation of the Odesa Oblast School of Higher Sports Mastery "Olympian" and major repairs of the alternative road to the village of Kotovskyi, etc.

Cardiological centre, equipped with modern angiograph, will be opened in the Odesa Oblast Clinical Hospital till the end of the current year. This equipment will save the lives of thousands of people, who suffer from cardiovascular diseases.

This year the Government is financing repairs of more than 3 500 km of Ukrainian roads. Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has repeatedly stated that high-quality repair of Ukrainian roads is one of the Government’s priorities. For 10 years, construction, overhaul and reconstruction of roads were almost non-existent in the country. Starting from 2016, the financing of the road sector has been increased year by year. "This is part of our strategy implementation: to connect all oblast centres of Ukraine in five years. I emphasise: Ukrainians have the right to ride and will eventually ride along good roads,” said Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman.

In total, this year the state has allocated nearly UAH 888 million to renovate 167.8 km of roads in the Odesa Oblast.

The task set by the Government is to connect all oblast centres with high-quality roads in five years.

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