Uzhgorod intends to purchase 10 electric buses and the same number of charging stations within the project with a total cost of Hr 99 million, according to the website of Uzhgorod Town Council.
The corresponding project was approved at the end of last week by the Interdepartmental Working Group for the consideration of projects of targeted environmental (green) investments under the Kyoto Protocol, created by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine.
According to the report, the total cost of the project provides for financing from the state budget (irrevocable financial assistance) in the amount of Hr 59 million, from the city budget – almost Hr 40 million.
Deputies of Uzhgorod Town Council approved the implementation of this project on terms of co-financing at the session on August 3.
Mayor of Uzhgorod Bohdan Andriiv wrote on his Facebook page that it is planned to purchase Electron E18 electric buses [produced by the Lviv Electron concern].
He also said that seven new Electron low-floor buses have recently arrived in the town, in addition to previously purchased buses from the same manufacturer, but they are already more comfortable and air-conditioned.
“Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the delivery of components to production facilities was delayed, so we had to wait longer than we expected. Soon, a total of 27 modern low-floor buses will run through the town streets,” Andriiv wrote.
Uzhgorod purchased the first 10 units of low-floor buses Electron in 2018.
