Mykolaiv to spend ₴8 million on road repairs after water utility work

Mykolaiv plans to restore the roads after the water utility's repairs — 8 million hryvnias has been allocated for this purpose.

The city utility company «Mykolaivvodokanal» has announced a tender to repair roads damaged during the network replacement works. This is evidenced by data from the Prozorro system.

The expected cost of the works is 8.05 million hryvnias. The project involves laying new asphalt concrete pavement on streets and in-block passages where utility repairs have already been completed.

According to the documentation, the contractor will also have to levelling the surface and arrange the base to ensure the proper quality of the road surface.

Tender proposals can be submitted until 14 November 2025, and all work must be completed by 31 December 2025.

Earlier, «Mykolaivvodokanal» explained why repairs in the city often take longer than residents expect. Utilities say that due to the prolonged use of salty estuary water after the destruction of the centralised water supply system, the level of accidents on city networks has increased 5-10 times.

Earlier, NikVesti wrote that a new water supply system for Mykolaiv had already been launched, but the water from it «cannot be drunk» — additional treatment plants are promised for the New Year.

As you know, the first stage of the tender is currently underway — prequalification for the construction of new water treatment facilities in Mykolaiv. The project is funded by the European Investment Bank and the Danish government. This means that at this stage, the submitted applications are being checked and a list of companies is being formed that will be able to participate in the next stage of contractor selection.

Kristina Mikulova, Head of the EIB's Regional Centre for Eastern Europe, told NikVesti that there is a «temporary solution» and a «long-term solution» to provide Mykolaiv with quality water. What does this mean?

• «The temporary solution» is the launch of a new water supply system with modernised water treatment facilities that the city has. Funds for their modernisation should be allocated by the state. This will make it possible to supply treated water to the taps of Mykolaiv residents, but not yet of drinking quality.
• «The long-term solution» is to build new water treatment facilities. Funds for this are provided by the European Investment Bank (loan) and the Danish government (grants). This project will take several years to implement and should help provide the city with water of European standards.

Mykolaiv needs more purified water

Although the launch of the new water supply system for Mykolaiv took place in October 2025, this does not guarantee that the city will immediately receive drinking water, as a new water treatment system needs to be built, Kristina Mikulova, Head of the European Investment Bank's Eastern Europe Regional Centre, told NikVesti.

At the same time, Deputy Mayor of Mykolaiv and head of the city's recovery working group Serhii Koreniev said that the Mykolaiv Recovery Agency is working to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant and launch it simultaneously with the new water supply system. And Vitalii Kim, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Water Authority, said he did not want to rush to take out a large loan for the construction of water treatment facilities for Mykolaiv, despite the EIB's readiness to allocate more than €100 million.

Later, it became known that the State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure is currently upgrading the water treatment system for Mykolaiv on behalf of the government.

Together with the constructed water pipeline, this will allow the city to launch a centralised drinking water supply in August 2025, said Serhii Sukhomlyn, head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Recovery and Development.