Odesa customs office has not showed results in the course of an experiment to send a part of funds earned by customs offices to build local roads, but this year the situation has improved, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

"Last year Lviv region received an additional UAH 321 million, Chernivtsi region – UAH 129 million and Volyn region – UAH 104 million. Unfortunately, Odesa region did not show efficiency in this experiment. This year the situation has improved," Yatseniuk said in the "10 Minutes with Prime Minister" program on March 6.

He said that the experiment to finance construction of roads has been started: revenue from customs offices was halved: 50% were sent to the national budget and 50% to local budgets to build roads.

Yatseniuk said that the regions have around UAH 1 billion to finance construction and restoration of roads.

The total volume of the road construction financing this year will be around UAH 14 billion.

"We plan to repair and build 1,700 kilometers of roads," Yatseniuk said.