Foto: BB.LV / стенд Rail Baltica
"The Estonians are implementing the project; they are, like us, meeting deadlines. We have more challenges with the Latvians, but I think that with the change of government, and if this Prime Minister stays in his position in Latvia, which seems likely, the project should move off dead center," said Taminskas to reporters on Monday in Vilnius. After the Baltic countries agreed to extend the deadlines for the first phase of Rail Baltica until 2034, the minister emphasized that Lithuania continues to adhere to the original plan - to complete the project by 2030. "On the Lithuanian side, there are few defects. There are certain possible violations committed by contractors during construction. There are legal procedures being handled by LTG Infra, and what has been built improperly will have to be corrected and rebuilt," noted the minister. According to Taminskas, "there is nothing new" in the fact that the project has become more expensive, as due to delays it has become a project of the decade. As previously reported by BNS, two weeks ago, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, along with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia, and Poland, urged the European Union (EU) leadership to allocate sufficient funding for the project. In Lithuania, 114 kilometers of the main line are being constructed, including sections where rail laying has already begun. In all the Baltic countries, almost half of the line is already under construction, or everything is ready to start construction.
