₴57.2 million is planned to be allocated for the repair of the Varvarivskyi bridge in Mykolaiv

Varvarivskyi bridge in Mykolaiv. Photo NikVesti

The Service for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure in the Mykolaiv Oblast has announced a tender for the maintenance of the Varvarivskyi bridge until the end of 2025.

The corresponding tender was published in the public procurement system ProZorro, NikVesti reports.

Tender for the maintenance of the Varvarivskyi (Pivdennobuzkyi) bridge. Screenshot from ProZorro

By December 20, 2025, the winner of the tender must repair the bridge for 57.2 million hryvnias.

First of all, the contractor must perform work on dismantling the elements of the bridge: remove the existing asphalt covering of road clothing and sidewalks, dismantle the existing barrier fence, expansion joints, railings, side stone, drainage ladders and lighting supports. After that, the winner of the tender must renew all the dismantled elements.

Works provided for in the tender. Screenshot from the tender documentation

The tender also provides for the repair of bridge supports and reinforced concrete span beams. The contractor must restore the damaged concrete coating of the supports, protect them from future corrosion.

In addition to the repair of the bridge itself, the tender provides for the elimination of the destruction of the ground cover, gaps and strengthening of the shoreline.

Barbary bridge

We will remind you that during the meeting on October 13, the Government decided to transfer the Ingulsky and Yuzhnobuzkyi (Varvarivskyi) bridges in Mykolaiv to state ownership. After that, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Mustafa Naiiem, told about the stage of the Mykolayiv bypass bridge project and the plans for the repair of the Varvarivsky and Ingul bridges.

As you know, the Varvarivskyi bridge in Mykolaiv is part of the M-14 road of international importance «Odesa — Melitopol — Novoazovsk» and is currently in a state of emergency. In February 2020, the process of transferring the bridge from the municipal property of the city to the balance sheet of Ukravtodor began, but it has not yet been completed. This is due to the fact that the Ministry of Finance is asking Mykolaiv to provide the cost of reconstruction of the building in order to accept Varvarivskyi Bridge as state property. For this, the city needs to conduct an examination and order design and estimate documentation for the repair of the bridge, the total cost of which is about 20 million hryvnias. The mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, said that there are no funds for this in the city budget.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also aware of the need to repair the Varvarivskyi Bridge. In July 2019, the head of state announced that solving the Varvarivskyi bridge problem is the governor's first priority. Four months later, during a briefing in Ochakiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy raised this issue again. Then he forced the then acting governor of the Mykolaiv Oblast Oleksandr Stadnyk to promise to repair the Varvarivskyi bridge by the end of 2020.

The issue of the transfer of the Varvarivskyi bridge was also addressed by the deputy of the Mykolaiv City Council, Tetiana Dombrovska. In July 2021, she initiated a meeting with the participation of the Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov, representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Ukravtodor and the city council, in order to understand the issue of handing over the bridge. However, this also did not give results, because after two months the issue was not resolved. At the same time, Ukravtodor reported that the question of allocating money for the repair of the Varvarivskyi bridge will be considered only after it is transferred to state ownership.

At the same time, there have been several breakdowns on the bridge recently. The first took place on December 6, the second on December 20. At that time, ELU Avtodorig reported that an emergency situation had arisen with the construction of part of the Varvarivskyi bridge. The third transport collapse occurred due to the breakdown of a part of the Varvarivskyi bridge on February 2. On April 5, Varvarivskyi most broke down for the fourth time. It turned out that a metal plate had come off on the bridge.

It was also previously reported that after the completion of repair work on the Varvarivskyi bridge, reverse traffic will be launched on it.