“Drive Ukraine 2030,” an ambitious national transportation strategy, was unveiled Thursday night by Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan and EU Ambassador Hugues Mingarelli.

“Drive Ukraine 2030,” an ambitious national transportation strategy, was unveiled Thursday night by Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan and EU Ambassador Hugues Mingarelli. Highpoints: constructing a modern network of 10 ‘autobahns’ to cut driving time from south to north or from west to east of Ukraine to 10 hours; building ring roads around Kyiv and the four largest cities; setting up 100 weigh stations to take overloaded trucks off roads; and expanding operating airports from 19 to 50; creating a Kyiv-centered, high speed rail network with lines to Odesa, Lviv, Dnipro and Kharkiv; replacing all locomotives and cars in the national railroad; and modernizing river transport and guaranteeing minimal navigable depths of 3.65 meters on the Dnipro River between Kyiv and the Black Sea;