Sienkevych proposes opening a waiting list for road repairs in Mykolaiv

In Mykolaiv, there is a proposal to publish the waiting list for repairs to neighbourhood roads and roads in the private sector. Illustrative photo NikVesti

The Mayor of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, has proposed making the waiting list for the repair of neighbourhood roads and roads in the private sector public. He wants residents to see which roads are due for repair and in what order they are planned to be repaired.

Oleksandr Sienkevych made these remarks during a staff meeting on 9 November, according to NikVesti.

According to the mayor, some Mykolaiv residents suspect that road repairs are being carried out based on personal connections, while requests from other residents go unanswered. He believes that publishing a public list would help explain how the order of repair works is determined.

«Some people genuinely get the impression that we are carrying out repairs for certain people — for «those with connections» — but not for everyone else. And this issue needs to be addressed publicly,» said Oleksandr Sienkevych.

As an example, the mayor cited the register of plots of land for ATO participants, which, he said, was made public in 2016. People could check their place in the queue and see who had received a plot before them.

«You could look it up: where I was in the queue, who had received a plot before me, and whether anyone had received one after me. In other words, this register was simply added to from the bottom up and the order of the queue remained unchanged. And it was clear to everyone that no one was trying to cheat anyone, and there were no «ours» or «theirs». I believe we need to do the same here,» explained Oleksandr Sienkevych.

At the same time, the mayor noted that fair rules need to be devised for road repairs. If we only take into account the number of residents using the road, the private sector may constantly have to give way to the courtyards of high-rise blocks.

Oleksandr Sienkevych gave an example: 500 square metres of road between high-rise blocks can serve around 400 families, whilst the same area of road in the private sector serves only ten.

«It makes sense to prioritise the 200 or 400 families living in a block of flats, doesn’t it? But that means those living in the private sector will never get their turn. In other words, it’s unfair,» said Oleksandr Sienkevych.

The mayor asked the heads of the district administrations to share their views on how to draw up and publish a list of projects. This covers both major and routine repairs.

«So that we can do this publicly, so that people can see where they are in the queue and when they will be able to have their roads repaired,» noted Oleksandr Sienkevych.

Separately, during the discussion on the work of the «15-88 Contact Centre», the mayor emphasised that repair requests must not be closed simply because residents were told there was no funding. Such requests must remain on the agenda until the work is carried out.

«The response to your enquiry, «there is no funding», is already regarded by some as meaning the work has been completed. No, we will not close such cases. We will close them once the road has been resurfaced,» said Oleksandr Sienkevych.

As the budget-setting process approaches, Oleksandr Sienkevych proposed analysing the accumulated requests: how many roads and access roads require repair, for which project documentation has already been prepared, and how much funding is needed to fulfil residents’ requests.

As a reminder, in 2026, 10 million hryvnias were earmarked in the Zavodskyi District for the routine repair of internal neighbourhood access roads. Meanwhile, the Korabelnyi District administration has announced a tender for the second phase of repairs to access roads on Okeanivska Street, with an estimated cost of 8.9 million hryvnias.

Meanwhile, on 6 November, Oleksandr Sienkevych expressed concerns that Mykolaiv’s 2027 budget would contain no funds at all for capital expenditure, given the shortage of funds for salaries and support for the water utility this year.