A ‘Smart Stop’ with solar panels have been installed In Kuprina Street, opposite the shopping and entertainment center. This is one of the directions of the initiative ‘Mariupol - the city of the future’, which is implemented with the support of the USAID project ‘Democratic Governance in Eastern Ukraine’. Now residents will be able to expect transport in a comfortable European-level pavilion.
A ‘smart stop’ with solar panels have been installed in Kuprina Str., opposite the shopping and entertainment center. This is one of the dire
The ‘Smart Stops’ project was chosen by Mariupol residents through an open electronic voting during which residents chose priority areas for the development of the city and its infrastructure. Vasyl Klat, director of the transport and communications department, spoke about this.
‘There was an old pavilion here that did not meet the requirements of comfort and safety. The new one has autonomous lighting due to the installation of solar panels on the roof. During the day, they are charged by natural sunlight. The stop is illuminated with the help of LED lighting in the evening,’ he stressed.
Vasyl Klat added that this is the first such stop in the city. Besides, within the framework of cooperation with the USAID project ‘Democratic Governance in Eastern Ukraine’, 12 electronic boards will be installed. Now they are purchased and will soon appear in Myru, Metallurhiv and Budivelnykiv Avenues.
Democratic Governance in Eastern Ukraine is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase public confidence and trust among citizens and governments in the East, better understand key reforms, new opportunities and social change. The project operates in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and Kherson, and it aims to increase citizen participation in governance processes based on inclusive and democratic civic values, increase the efficiency of public services, integrate isolated, vulnerable and isolated communities, strengthen public identity and create opportunities for region to lead democratic transformations in Ukraine.
