The European Investment Bank (EIB) is ready to finance the Hrybovychi landfill reclamation project in Lviv. Fires raged at the site several days ago, and a landslide occurred on Monday burying four firemen, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy has said.
“The only partner we cooperate with in the issue in the past two years is the European Investment Bank. The bank agreed to provide funds for the complete landfill reclamation and a plant with deep-earth sorting line,” he said at a briefing on May 31.
The mayor said that now the project is being agreed in the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry. Deputy Prime Minister Hennadiy Zubko assured that the process would be finished in the shortest terms.
“I think that within one month the issue would be settled. The advance team of the bank visited the city twice,” Sadovy said.
He said that the approximate amount of the loan could be near EUR 40 million.
He said that the city is not able to solve the reclamation problem using only own forces. It requires around Hr 600 million.
“We received no proposal for landfill reclamation. This is a loss, we’re not dong business,” he said.
“We have not received any proposals to dispose bituminous lakes. I had many proposals for the new solid waste landfill, but no section was approved due to political pressure,” he said.
