The head of the transport commission in Odesa told when the repair of the slipping slope will be completed

Petro Obukhov, a member of the city council and head of the commission on transport, traffic organization and communications, said that the municipality is planning to resume tram service on the North-South route in August, which was interrupted by a landslide on Vitaliy Blazhko descent.

According to the deputy, the contractor is completing the track and is preparing to obtain a permit to resume traffic, the Dumskaya newspaper reported.

He added that the modern trams that the city received from its Western partners were constantly experiencing problems - they were derailing. It turned out that the reason was not a defect in the trams, but the condition of the old tracks. So now, in the most problematic areas, the cars will move more slowly.

In May, the authors of the Zootopia channel, who are constantly filming landslide sites in Odesa Oblast, decided to see how the Vitalii Blazhko (formerly Marineska) descent in the center of Odesa, which began to move several years ago, was being repaired.

In December 2024, Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov extended the temporary ban on vehicle traffic on Vitalii Blazhko Descent.

In October of the same year, the Capital Construction Department of the Odesa City Council held an open tender for the construction of a new drainage system for the descent, and the only participant was Rostdorstroy Limited Liability Company. The ultimate beneficiaries of Rostdorstroy LLC are currently Yuriy Shumacher, a deputy of the Odesa City Council and a representative of Hennadiy Trukhanov's Trust the Deeds party, and businessman Yevhen Konovalov.

The Department of Transport, Communications and Traffic Organization of the Odesa City Council has been instructed to change the city's public transport scheme for the period of the traffic ban.

In January 2024, Odesa City Hall decided to repair a section of the tramway on Vitaliy Blazhko Descent, which has been sinking for several years. Odesmiskelektrotrans was appointed as the repair customer, as the landslide also affected the tram tracks located here.

Кирило Бойко