Working trip to Mogilev Oblast

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made a working trip to Slavgorod District, Mogilev Oblast, on 13 July.

During the visit the head of state was briefed on the social and economic development of Mogilev Oblast and Slavgorod District in particular. The President took part in a solemn ceremony to inaugurate a bridge across the Sozh River. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the road construction companies taking part in the project and local residents. After that Aleksandr Lukashenko toured a unique natural site called the Blue Spring.

During the working trip the head of state urged to fix local roads in 2021-2025. “We have fixed roads to oblast capitals. Now we need to fix roads to district capitals. We must complete it. And additionally roads to district centers and agro-towns,” the President said.

“We cannot live without roads. They affect people’s mood, the economy, transit where we want to make money,” the Belarusian leader stressed.

Land reclamation is another important issue, the head of state said.

“We have made arrangements that within the next three years we will build and upgrade 18 bridges like this one and more sophisticated bridges. We have agreed about it with Europeans. This is about transit, including their transit. They are to invest $130 million in it. We asked our ministers and government members to keep in mind that this money should stay here. You should definitely win the tender to build these bridges. We should compete with those who will come here to build them. We have won such tenders before,” the head of state said addressing the bridge builders.

The head of state underlined that construction projects in Belarus are run in line with the fair play rule – no one gave kickbacks to anyone and no one overrated costs. “Everything was fair, as it should be. We won. We built the road to Grodno – that was a big project – and we did it on our own,” the President noted.

Aleksandr Lukashenko urged to use concrete more actively in road construction, after all, Belarus has enough resources and expertise for that.

“We have big plans beyond these 18 bridges. We should bring into shape 30-40 small bridges. Therefore, there will be a lot of work for bridge builders. Time is running out. We should handle it within the next five-year period,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.