Improvements to Street Lighting in Odessa
Specialists from the municipal enterprise «Odesmsksvitlo» are continuously engaged in the repair and enhancement of external lighting systems in the streets, parks, and squares of the city, as well as addressing emergency situations.
Regular inspections are conducted on street lighting facilities (poles, distribution boxes, lamps, etc.) to identify malfunctions or acts of vandalism. Electricians perform tasks such as upgrading cable networks, replacing outdated lamps and brackets with new ones, trimming tree branches, resolving emergencies, and more.
In the first 11 months of 2024, as part of routine repairs, electricians replaced 2390 lamps and 380 brackets, and updated 75003 meters of cable networks.
Workers also trimmed 7632 trees that were damaging the electrical networks.
Additionally, specialists from «Odesmsksvitlo» carried out the replacement of street lighting poles.
Often, due to emergency situations (bad weather, traffic accidents, etc.) or after the service life of the street lighting poles has expired, they become unusable. Replacing poles is a labor-intensive process that requires special machinery (cranes).
Since the beginning of 2024, 64 emergency poles have been replaced in 11 months, with 10 of them damaged in traffic accidents.
Furthermore, in October of this year, an act of vandalism was recorded on the Health Route. Unknown individuals damaged equipment on 10 poles, stealing automatic switches, terminal box covers, and ripping out cables.
Responsibility for Damage to Municipal Property
Criminal Code of Ukraine
Article 194. Intentional Destruction or Damage to Property
1. Intentional destruction or damage to another's property causing significant harm is punishable by a fine of up to fifty (850 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens, or community service for a period of one hundred twenty to two hundred forty hours, or corrective labor for up to two years, or restriction of freedom for up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term.
Article 296. Hooliganism
1. Hooliganism, that is, gross violation of public order motivated by apparent disrespect for society, accompanied by particular audacity or exceptional cynicism, is punishable by a fine of five hundred (8500 UAH) to one thousand (17000 UAH) non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens, or arrest for up to six months, or restriction of freedom for up to five years.
2. The same actions committed by a group of individuals are punishable by restriction of freedom for up to five years or imprisonment for up to four years.
