Work on the reconstruction on Kyiv's main street, Khreshchatyk which has been going on for two months was officially completed Saturday. At 9:30 a.m. in Independence Square members of a state commission officially signed a document accepting the work done and judging it as excellent.
Commission Chairman and Deputy Head of the Kyiv State Administration Stanislav Stashevsky told The Day that very rarely can such a construction be completed in such a short time and be judged excellent. By renewing Khreshchatyk Ukrainian construction workers showed that they can work just as well as their counterparts anywhere.
Three thousand specialists in various trades worked round the clock on the project. Five kilometers of communications links were replaced along with 17 kilometers of electrical cable, while almost 9000 cubic meters of concrete were laid along with 11,500 cubic meters of gravel, 2,865,000 pavement tiles, and over 2000 tons of asphalt. Thousands of new street lights were restored. In addition two collectors were renewed and the heating system was completely redone.
The total cost of the work was 29.2 million hryvnias. In addition to financing from the state budget, substantial contributions were made by organizations located on Khreshchatyk, not one of which remained aloof from the project. A significant contribution was made by McDonald's, the Farfor-Faience Store, Central Department Store (Univermah), and the Central Grocery Outlet (Hastronom). In toto, sponsors covered one-third of the project's cost.
Incidentally, the first parade on the revived thoroughfare will take place on Independence day, August 24, without tanks or aircraft. Such menacing tread-propelled technology would threaten the street repairs, while aircraft would threaten the buildings with sonic booms.






