₴4.3 million was spent on renovating Zoria sports halls in Mykolaiv last year

Renovated communal swimming pool at the Zorya sports complex, August 2024, photo by NikVesti

In 2025, 4.3 million hryvnias were spent on the major renovation of two sports halls at the Zoria sports complex in Mykolaiv. The work is set to continue, with the total cost of the work amounting to 16.3 million hryvnias.

This was announced by Oleksii Savchuk, head of the City Council's Capital Construction Department, at a briefing on 22 January, according to NikVesti.

«Work is currently underway — screeding, plastering, and window replacement has already been completed. This project also includes equipment that will be used for the rehabilitation of our military. The cost of the renovation work is 16.3 million hryvnias. In 2025, 4.3 million hryvnias were spent. We plan to continue this work,» said Oleksii Savchuk.

The process of renovating the gym at Zorya, screenshot from the presentation by the Capital Construction Department

Sketch of the gym at Zorya, screenshot from the presentation by the Capital Construction Department

We would like to remind you that in 2024, the director of the Capital Construction Department, Oleksii Savchuk, said that the second phase of the reconstruction of the Zorya sports complex previously included the renovation of the gym and cardio room. Oleksii Savchuk, director of the Capital Construction Department of the City Council, promised to renovate them by the end of 2024. To this end, a tender for 6.7 million hryvnias was even announced in April 2024.

However, the renovation of the sports halls never began, as it was necessary to make adjustments to the already developed project in order to include the construction of a shelter for 300 people. Currently, there is a shelter for 150 people on the territory of the sports complex.

Oleksii Savchuk added that the second phase of the project includes the renovation of the façade, lobby and halls on the first floor. However, the results of the renovation will not be visible until 2026 at the earliest.

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Renovation of the Zorya sports complex

In May 2023, the first swim took place in the renovated pool of the Zorya sports complex in Mykolaiv.

Prior to this, the pool was inspected by Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych. He said that the reconstruction of the sports complex is taking place in two stages. The first stage involved the renovation of the pool, changing rooms and other technical facilities that will ensure the operation of the pool. The second stage, which is still ongoing, involves renovating the gym, changing rooms, insulating the building and other work.

The process of transferring Zoria to city ownership began in August 2018. Two years later, in March 2020, the sports complex was transferred to the communal property of Mykolaiv. At the same time, the state-owned enterprise Ukroboronprom compensated the city with 5 million hryvnias for the renovation of Zoria.

After the transfer of the sports complex, Oleksandr Sienkevych promised to launch the Zoria swimming pool in autumn 2020. However, the work was delayed. In autumn 2021, the city council's capital construction department announced a tender for the major repair and restoration of the Zorya sports complex with an expected cost of 94 million 915 thousand 520 hryvnias.

In December 2021, Deputy Mayor Vitalii Lukov stated that the reconstruction of the Zoria sports complex would not be completed until the second half of 2022. Later, during the reconstruction of the swimming pool at the Zoria sports complex, seven cracks were found in the pool's basin.

Subsequently, Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych announced the launch of the Zoria sports complex in February 2022. Due to the start of a full-scale war, the completion of work and the launch of the pool were postponed again.

Read also the NikVesti article: «A year of work. How is the Zoria municipal swimming pool working after the renovation?»

And the NikVesti article: «The Zoria swimming pool in Mykolaiv, renovated at a cost of ₴32 million, hides its income and issues fake receipts.»