The government allocated ₴149.5 million for the restoration of the historic building of gymnasium №2 in Mykolaiv

This year, 149.5 million hryvnias are planned to be allocated from the state budget to the restoration of the historic building of Mykolaiv Gymnasium №2.

This is stated in the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated March 5, 2024, writes NikVesti.

The restoration of the facility is planned to be completed by 2025, the document states.

Prior to this, the deputy head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Mykola Marinov, informed us in a comment that this year the government allocated 1.2 billion hryvnias for the implementation of four projects for the reconstruction of the region.

Restoration of gymnasium №2

The issue of restoring the building of Gymnasium №2 was raised even before the full-scale invasion. In March 2021, the premises of the gymnasium building were recognized as emergency. At the time, a petition was created on the website of the city council to preserve the gymnasium in a viable condition, which was supported by more than a thousand citizens. Two days later, the head of the Mykolaiv regional state administration, Vitaly Kim, said that the regional government is ready to cooperate with the city government regarding the restoration of gymnasium №2.

In May 2021, the head of the capital construction department of Mykolaiv City Council Oleksandr Pozdniakov reported that two companies responded to a commercial proposal to investigate the state of emergency of the gymnasium. It turned out that only part of the roof is emergency, and there is no threat to the educational process. Then the library and museum were «moved out» from the wing of the gymnasium.

Later, the mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevich, announced that they plan to carry out current repairs in gymnasium №2 by the end of 2021, and capital works will be postponed for the time being.

In July 2023, the Department of Town Planning, Architecture, Capital Construction and Support of Development Projects of the Mykolaiv State University commissioned a restoration project for the historic building of Lyceum №2. And later — he announced a tender for the restoration of the institution's building for 153 million 251 thousand hryvnias.