More than UAH 1.8 billion is to be spent from the state budget for the construction of the National Military Memorial Cemetery
11 July 2024 10:22
In Fastiv district of Kyiv region, within the Gatne territorial community, it is planned to spend more than UAH 1.8 billion to prepare and build the National Military Memorial Cemetery. The work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2025. The relevant tenders have been published on the Prozorro website, reports "Komersant Ukrainian"
The customer of the works is the National Military Memorial Cemetery. By 17 July, they plan to select a contractor for supervision during the first phase of construction work at the cemetery.
According to published data, it is planned to spend more than UAH 5 million from the state budget.
According to the bidding, more than UAH 23.6 million is expected to be spent on technical supervision during construction work, and this is only for the first phase of construction.
One of the prospective contractors has already published a complaint against this tender, accusing the customer of violating procurement laws and limiting the number of participants. This stage was later cancelled.
The construction of the first stage of the cemetery is expected to receive the largest amount of money from the state budget of Ukraine among all the above tenders – over UAH 1 billion 801 million 364 thousand. According to the published documentation, this money will be used to remove shrubbery, uproot stumps, carry out earthworks, drainage, build foundations and monolithic channels, install walls, floors, ladders, and more.
The contractors are not stopping their plans only at the first stage of construction and have already published a tender for the second stage, according to which contractors will have to develop design and estimate documentation for the construction of a cemetery in Fastiv district for UAH 37 million.
What is the National Military Memorial Cemetery?
The National Military Memorial Cemetery was established in 2022 “to honour and perpetuate the memory of the fallen and deceased Defenders of Ukraine”. It is subordinated to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. The main tasks of the National Military Memorial Cemetery are: construction of the National Military Memorial Cemetery itself, its maintenance and protection, organisation of honourable burial of the deceased and installation of tombstones, memorial plaques and memorial plaques.
The National Military Cemetery as a memorial complex will be located on 260 hectares. This land plot will be used to build a military cemetery, a ceremonial square, a house of mourning, a crematorium, and a museum and exhibition complex.
Local residents oppose the construction of the National Military Memorial Cemetery. According to them, when clearing the territory for the cemetery, young forests are destroyed. Also, this area allegedly has a complex system of groundwater and burials can contaminate everything around.
