KIEV, Jan. 27 – The World Bank has confirmed its plans to invest $800 million, under the Third Secondary and Local Roads Project, in the Poltava-Kharkiv section of M-03 Kiev-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky highway.

The Infrastructure Ministry’s press service has reported that elements of the project and other aspects of cooperation were discussed at a meeting between First Deputy Infrastructure Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Shulmeister and World Bank Transport Sector Manager for Europe and Central Asia Juan Gaviria.