Nikolay Azarov and Aleksandr Popov

Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolay Azarov, left, and Chairman of the Kiev City Council Aleksandr Popov, in the centre, during the conference concerning building of transport infrastructure objects in Kiev in 2011-2012, in Kiev, on Friday, April 29, 2011. After the conference Azarov said that the building of Podol bridge in Kiev is planned to be finished till 2013. On October 23, 2010 a first stage of the Podol bridgework was brought into operation. The traffic was opened on Naberezhno-Kreschatitskaya overpass and Gavanskiy bridge in both directions. The second stage of the Podol bridgework – from Naberezhno-Kreschatitskaya street to Vatutin avenue – is planned to be brought into operation in the first half year of 2012; the object is planned to be finished in 2013. Photo by Aleksandr Sinitsa / UNIAN