During the Impact’21 congress, the Minister of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk, announced that the entire Via Baltica route is to be commissioned in 2023.
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– We are finishing the Via Baltica project and I hope that in 2023 we will be able to safely travel from the Lithuanian border to the S8 expressway, and then further west to Europe – said Adamczyk
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Route E67 and Via Baltica
Via Baltica is part of the European route E67, which starts in the Czech Republic and runs through Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia to Finland. The E67 route from Helsinki to Warsaw is called Via Baltta.
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The S61 expressway is the main part of the Polish section of the Via Baltica international transport corridor.
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As the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways informed in the communication summarizing the investments from 2020, it was a breakthrough and key year when it comes to the construction of the S61 road, because the entire route is under construction. It was reported that in 2020 the expenses for this road exceeded PLN 1.2 billion.
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In turn, GDDKiA in Białystok informed in July 2020 that the value of all contracts signed for the construction of the Via Baltica route is approximately PLN 6.5 billion. The construction works are financed by the EU from the CEF – Connecting Europe program (over PLN 1.7 billion) and from the Infrastructure and Environment program (over PLN 1.6 billion).
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Via BalticaPAP
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photo-source">Main photo source: GDDKiA
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