Work is progressing on rebuilding the 505 km Kyiv-Odesa M-05 highway

Work is progressing on rebuilding the 505 km Kyiv-Odesa M-05 highway, Oleksandr Kubrakov, head of Ukravtodor, said Wednesday at the inauguration of a 25 km rebuilt section on the Kyiv-Cherkasy border. Next month, work is to start on the 40 km section south of Bila Tserkva. By the end of next year, three quarters of the highway to be re-built, eliminating left hand turns, adding two interchanges, building modern rest areas and installing Weight-in-Motion machines to catch overweight grain trucks. Part of the work is being financed by the EBRD and the European Investment Bank.