Over 130 officials have been held accountable for the condition of roads in the Vitebsk region

May 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, 132 officials of road and utility organizations have been brought to administrative responsibility as a result of a prosecutor's inspection due to the unsatisfactory condition of roads. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Natalia Kolpakova, prosecutor of the department for supervision of legislation execution and legality of legal acts. The inspection of the sufficiency of work carried out by traffic police bodies, local authorities, and road services in the sphere of ensuring road safety and proper maintenance of roads revealed a number of shortcomings. The total length of republican roads serviced by RUP "Vitebskavtodor" requiring capital and current repairs is 1280 km. 78% of local roads serviced by KUP "Vitebskobldorstroy" do not fully comply with regulatory requirements. The latter is due to the fact that the financing of the road industry significantly lags behind the growth of the local road network and transportation volumes, which are dominated by heavy truck transportation with axle loads exceeding the norm. The work on eliminating potholes and critical damage to road surfaces and streets in settlements, including in Vitebsk, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, and Orsha, is organized to an insufficient extent. For example, in the regional center, in April, pothole repairs were carried out by UP "Gordormost" over an area of 620 sq.m. "At the same time, according to UP "Gordormost" as of early May, it is necessary to carry out pothole repairs in the city on at least 35 thousand sq.m," stated Natalia Kolpakova. In total, based on the results of the inspections, city and district prosecutors have submitted 12 representations, 3 orders, and 3 instructions on preparing cases of administrative offenses provided for by Art. 18.38 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Belarus have been sent. -0-