According to Open4Business, the National Association of Road Builders of Ukraine (NARU) has called on the Prime Minister, the Minister of Recovery, Infrastructure, and Transport, and the head of the State Agency for Recovery to immediately begin repaying the 20 billion hryvnia in arrears for work already completed to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructure, as well as to restore and maintain roads.
“Since the start of the invasion, NADU members—without waiting for funding—have used their own resources to restore infrastructure destroyed by the enemy, build fortifications and protective structures, and provide military logistics. Our companies acted in this way, recognizing the critical importance of these state tasks for the country’s defense capabilities and vital functions. We have never once allowed ourselves to resolve debt issues through ultimatums, by threatening to halt work, or by exerting informational pressure on the Agency’s leadership. However, it is no longer possible to conceal the problem. The amount of debt has reached critical levels, posing risks to the sector’s financial stability,” the statement reads.
Specifically, the debt owed to “Avtomagistral-Pivden” currently exceeds 9.85 billion UAH, of which 5.7 billion UAH lacks identified sources of funding. The debt owed to ONUR amounts to over 6 billion UAH, including 3 billion UAH for which no sources of funding have been secured.
RDS is owed 3.2 billion hryvnias, of which more than 2.1 billion hryvnias lack secured sources of funding. The Association notes that dozens of other companies are in an equally dire situation.
The Association is counting on a constructive stance from the government, proper coordination of actions by the relevant state authorities, and the adoption of concrete decisions that will ensure the settlement of existing debt. It is emphasized that the preservation of over 15,000 jobs and the production capacity necessary for the country to build and restore infrastructure depends on this.
“According to reports from one of the market participants, a ‘plan to repay existing debt’ was developed during a meeting with representatives of the State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development. If this is true, the NADU can only welcome the government’s intention to resolve the debt problem, which has now reached alarming proportions. However, it is important that the ‘repayment plan’ cover all market participants,” the association emphasizes.
Maksym Shkil, founder and CEO of Autostrada, reported on Thursday about a productive meeting with the leadership of the State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration (Autostrada has not been a member of NADU since 2021—IF-U). According to him, the state currently owes the company 12 billion hryvnias. “A significant portion is expected to be repaid in November and December.” There remain unresolved issues regarding the Kyiv Regional State Administration (1.2 billion UAH), 120 million UAH for the protection of energy facilities (work completed in 2023–2025), and 1.1 billion UAH for ongoing road repairs. Sources of repayment have been preliminarily identified for the remainder of the debt,” he stated on Facebook.
The National Association of Road Builders of Ukraine (NARU) is a professional association of companies in the road construction industry, established in August 2019 to represent the interests of companies engaged in the construction, reconstruction, repair, and operational maintenance of highways. It brings together more than 70 companies in the industry. The National Association of Road Builders of Ukraine is a collective member of the World Road Association (PIARC).
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