The system of online reservation of places for crossing the border by cargo carriers (eCherga) will operate at a total of 16 checkpoints with EU countries and Moldova. 15 more checkpoints will be added to the “Yagodin – Dorogusk” checkpoint already operating under this system. The decision was made today at a meeting of the Government. This is reported by the Government portal.
“The pilot project launched in December of last year has proven that we can eliminate physical queues, manage traffic flows and treat carriers with respect,” said Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. – Only at one border crossing point “Yagodin-Dorogusk”, starting from December, more than 75 thousand trucks left Ukraine thanks to the electronic service. Mandatory queues on Yagodina helped avoid a collapse in the days when Poland suspended grain imports. Trucks carrying other products continued to move according to the specified time.
According to the Vice-Prime Minister, the project has several key advantages: for carriers, it is an obvious economic effect – you can plan transportation and not spend money on several days of downtime at the borders. For the state, it is a tool for analyzing traffic flows, streamlining transportation and eliminating physical queues at borders.
eCherga is a service that has no analogues in any country of the European Union. It was developed by the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the Recovery Agency with the support of the USAID/UKaid project “Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services/TAPAS” and is implemented jointly with the State Transport Safety Service. This is a completely free public service.
Until the end of May, eChera will work in test mode. The largest checkpoints will be added to the Jagodyn checkpoint: Rava-Ruska, Krakowiec, Sheghini, Uzhgorod, Porubne, Tysa (Chop) – Zahon, Reni and others.
Registration of drivers in the electronic queue will begin on May 8. This can be done in the application or on the website https://echerha.gov.ua/. From the middle of May, crossing the border for trucks will be possible only by registering in an electronic queue.
The Ministry plans to extend the service to passenger transportation.
The queue is only part of the systematic work on modernization and development of border crossing points. During the year, they will be transferred to the management of the Agency for the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
2023-05-04 09:35:04
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