Revitalizing Bus Stops: New Challenges in Odessa
In the city of Odessa, employees of the municipal enterprise «City Roads» are continually engaged in repairing public transport stops. Every day, incidents of vandalism occur where unknown individuals leave graffiti, break benches, and destroy trash bins. Additionally, some stops are damaged due to traffic accidents and hostile actions.
Since the beginning of 2025, vandals have shattered glass at 31 public transport stops, and another 7 stops were damaged due to military actions. Workers are also tasked with cleaning and removing writings and notices affixed to the walls of the stops.
In total, the municipal enterprise manages 1,012 public transport stops.
Specialists regularly conduct sanitary cleaning of the surrounding areas, repair and maintain bins, benches, and bus shelters, as well as washing and painting them.
The Odessa city council appeals to residents and visitors to treat the city's property with care. Intentional destruction of public property is subject to legal consequences.
Responsibility for Damage to Municipal Property
Criminal Code of Ukraine
Article 194. Intentional Destruction or Damage to Property
1. Intentional destruction or damage to someone else'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 from 120 to 240 hours, or corrective labor for up to two years, or imprisonment for up to three years.
Article 296. Hooliganism
1. Hooliganism, defined as gross violation of public order motivated by obvious disrespect towards society, accompanied by particular audacity or exceptional cynicism, is punishable by a fine ranging from 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 liberty for up to five years.
2. The same actions committed by a group of individuals are punishable by restriction of liberty for up to five years or imprisonment for up to four years.
