Councillors approved an agreement for a €5.2 million grant from Denmark to renovate the sewerage system in Pivdennoukrainsk
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- Yuliia BoichenkoReporter
Pivdennoukrainsk City Council. Photo: NikVestiIn Pivdennoukrainsk, a grant agreement has been approved for the reconstruction of two sewerage pumping stations and the construction of a pressure sewerage main. This work will be funded by the Danish government, whilst the project will be implemented by the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO).
The city council passed the relevant resolution at its session on 29 October, according to NikVesti.
The total cost of the project is 5.8 million euros, of which 5.2 million euros will be provided by the Danish government, with the remainder to be funded from the budget of Pervomaisk.
The project involves the implementation of a large-scale infrastructure project to reconstruct the KNS-2 and KNS-3 sewage pumping stations, as well as the pressure sewer main.
It should be recalled that Pivdennoukrainsk was previously unable to sign a grant agreement during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, Poland, as the city council had not held any sessions for almost half a year and had not managed to pass the necessary resolution.
City Council Secretary Denys Kravchenko, whilst the mayor, Valerii Onufriienko, was on sick leave, signed an order convening a session via videoconference for 16 June, even though the deadline for approving the NEFCO agreement was 15 June.
As a result, the city faced the risk of losing 5,2 million euro in grant funding. Following negotiations with representatives of NEFCO and the then head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Kim, the international partner agreed to extend the deadline for the city council to make a decision.
NikVesti had previously reported that, once the city council had completed all the necessary legal procedures, the parties would be able to proceed directly to signing the grant agreement.
In early July, almost half a year later, councillors of the Pivdennoukrainsk City Council convened for a session and endorsed the decision to sign a grant agreement with the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) to fund the reconstruction of the city’s drainage system.
