– Alexandra Kravchuk: kravchuk at roadsafety.org.ua
– Natalya Kysliak, URSA communication manager: kysliak at roadsafety.org.ua
http://week2011.roadsafety.org.ua/
-* Number of level crossings in 2002: 6200
- Number of level crossings in 2011: 5661
The number of level crossings decreases by 10-15% annually.
- For the maintenance of level crossings, “Ukrzaliznytsya” spends 300 million UAH every year.
- For the equipment of crossing with guards and barriers, as well as the construction of overpasses over the crossings.
- The equipment of crossings with two barriers costs: 1 million UAH
- The equipment of crossings with four barriers; 1.4 million UAH.
- The equipment with devices that prevent movement costs 3.4 million UAH.
- For the construction of the overpass over the crossings:34 million UAH are needed.
- In order to equip the 1492 crossings with moving bus traffic with barriers and guards: 1.5 to 5 billion UAH are needed.
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs plans to amend the “Traffic rules”, so that for any unauthorized crossing of the railway crossing – drivers may be forbidden to drive a vehicle.