They are preparing to build pontoon bridges in Kiev, the completion of the work is planned within 3-4 months, said Vladimir Kraidenko, deputy chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure. The total budget is 2.2 billion UAH. From this amount, 1.2 billion UAH will be allocated from a special state budget fund, and another billion UAH will be allocated by the Kyiv authorities.
The crossings themselves are delivered to Ukraine by Western countries as technical assistance. They have different classifications depending on the country of origin, but, according to the deputy, they should include at least one lane in each direction.
Every day, about 600,000 cars cross the six bridges operating in Kyiv. The project was tasked with ensuring the passage of at least 50% of this flow, but Kreidenko himself expressed doubt that two temporary structures would be able to cope with such a load.
In addition to the pontoon bridges, the authorities are working on launching passenger transportation on the Dnieper by riverboats, strengthening the urban electric train and organizing shuttle bus lines in case the metro stops during power outages.