A section of 6th Sloboda Street in Mykolaiv is to be closed for three months whilst roadworks are carried out there
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- Yuliia BoichenkoReporter
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Alina Kvitko
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Darina Melnychuk
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The road along 6 Slobidska Street in Mykolaiv, 4 June 2026. Photo: ‘NikVesti’At the end of June, traffic is set to be closed on a section of 6 Slobidska Street in Mykolaiv, from Tsentralnyi Avenue to 1 Voienna Street. The restrictions will last for around three months whilst roadworks are carried out on the carriageway.
This was announced during a staff meeting at the city council on 16 June, according to NikVesti.
Road signs are to be installed on this section by 20 June, and the main phase of repairs is set to begin at the end of the month, Deputy Mayor Yurii Andriienko said.
«Elektrotrans has completed its preparatory work. We have received a traffic management plan for the duration of the works. On 20 June, we are to put up the relevant warning signs and begin implementing the project at the end of the month,» he said.
Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych asked whether traffic would be completely closed off on this section.
«Yes, on this section,» replied Yurii Andriienko.
The mayor announced that the works are scheduled to be completed in September. Following the repairs, the city authorities plan to make this section of the street two-way.
«We plan to make this street two-way once it reopens,» added the mayor.
The road along 6 Slobidska Street in Mykolaiv, 4 June 2026. Photo: ‘NikVesti’
The road along 6 Slobidska Street in Mykolaiv, 4 June 2026. Photo: ‘NikVesti’
The road along 6 Slobidska Street in Mykolaiv, 4 June 2026. Photo: ‘NikVesti’
The road along 6 Slobidska Street in Mykolaiv, 4 June 2026. Photo: ‘NikVesti’It should be noted that over 23.8 million hryvnias will be spent on the major repair of the road along 6th Slobidska Street, from Tsentralnyi Avenue to 1st Voienna Street.
According to the tender documentation, the contractor is to remove the old asphalt concrete by milling, dismantle and remove the kerbstones, lay new concrete kerbs, lay the road surface itself, install new kerbs and tactile paving slabs, and carry out landscaping of the surrounding area.
The contract was awarded to the private company «Mykolaivmagistral». The company was registered in December 2021 in Mykolaiv. Its current authorised capital stands at 2,000 hryvnias, according to data from the Youcontrol analytical system. The company’s founders are Serhiy Shulhach, a member of the Mykolaiv Regional Council representing the «Propozytsia» party, and his wife, Oksana Shulhach.
In 2026, «Mykolaivmagistral» was awarded contracts worth 71 million hryvnias, and over more than four years of operation, a total of 2.7 billion hryvnias.
Prior to this, work had been underway there to repair the tram tracks. Following this, Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych said in March 2026, work would begin on asphalting the road and laying paving slabs. Once completed, this section of the street will have two-way traffic, the mayor noted.
What is the situation with road repairs in Mykolaiv?
Following this year’s winter, deep potholes have appeared on Mykolaiv’s roads due to the effects of freeze-thaw cycles and the de-icing agents that were spread over the asphalt surface.
Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych stated that the city budget currently lacks funds for routine and major road repairs. He noted that the budget allocates just 20 million hryvnias exclusively for patching potholes for the whole year.
Meanwhile, in a comment to NikVesti, Vitalii Shevchenko, director of the municipal enterprise «ELU Avtodorig», explained that there will be no large-scale pothole repairs on Mykolaiv’s roads for about another month due to unstable weather conditions and the dampness of the road sub-base.
In early March, municipal workers began carrying out pothole repairs on Tsentralnyi Avenue.
And it was decided to allocate 14 million hryvnias from Mykolaiv’s budget for emergency and pothole repairs to roads.
As of May 2026, over 8,500 square metres of roads with emergency potholes had been repaired in Mykolaiv. At the same time, the municipal enterprise «ELU Avtodorig» has announced a tender for the repair of potholes and other deformations in the asphalt concrete surface in Mykolaiv. Over 3 million hryvnias are planned to be allocated for the works.
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