Construction of the regional Rail Baltica office starts near Iecava

Construction of a regional office has started at the construction site of the future Rail Baltica Infrastructure Maintenance Facility near Iecava, which will be the main coordination centre for the construction of the southern section of the main route from the Lithuanian border to Misa.

The base of the regional office has been constructed with concrete slabs and modules on several floors are being delivered and installed. It is expected that the regional office near Iecava will provide around 200 jobs as construction progresses.

The regional office will not only house the teams of the Rail Baltica main line builder ERB Rail and its subcontractors, but also the full regional project management team of the Rail Baltica project promoter in Latvia - the company Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas, - the engineer and supervision representatives.

The construction of an infrastructure service point for the northern section is planned in Skulte, where a similar office will be built in the future to house the construction team for the northern section of Rail Baltica.

In addition to the construction of the regional office, intensive excavation works and construction of the internal infrastructure continue the Iecava Infrastructure Maintenance Facility site.

Currently, approximately one kilometre of internal access roads have been constructed on the site - a 650-metre section of access road R2 and a 300-metre access road from the national local road V9 "Iecava-Baldone-Daugmale".

To date, approximately 76 000 m2 of stumps have been removed from the site and more than 79 200 m3 of topsoil has been removed. The ERB Rail team has excavated 18 800 m3 of soil, while approximately 28 000 m3 of soil has been removed off-site.

An embankment of 70 400 m3 has been constructed at the Iecava Regional Maintenance Facility site. The protection layer has been laid in a volume of 9140 m3. The construction site is located parallel to the planned main route for approximately one and a half kilometres and is being constructed as an embankment to reach approximately the same height as the planned Rail Baltica main route.

The construction of the main line of Rail Baltica in Latvia starts on the southern section Misa-Lithuanian border, which is divided into smaller sections - 11 construction permits in total.

The approximately 16-hectare site of the Iecava Infrastructure Maintenance Facility will serve as a strategic logistics base and temporary office for the construction of the southern section of the main line for the main line builder ERB Rail.

About limited liability company Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas

Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas is the national implementer of the Rail Baltica project in Latvia. Eiropas Dzelzceļa līnijas is implementing the Rail Baltica project in Latvia in accordance with the financing agreements concluded between CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency), which is the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment, and RB Rail AS, which is a joint venture between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, authorised by the Baltic States to sign financing agreements and responsible for the implementation of the horizontal, i.e. joint, activities of the Rail Baltica project.

About E.R.B. Rail

The international joint venture E.R.B. Rail JV PS (ERB Rail) is registered in Latvia and was established by three of Europe's leading engineering and construction companies in the road, rail, steel construction and large concrete construction sectors: Eiffage Génie Civil SAS (France), Budimex S.A. (Poland) and Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A. (Italy). ERB Rail has started the contract for the construction of the main line on 8 January 2024.

81-85% of the financing of this project is provided by the Connecting Infrastructure Facility of the EU, while the remaining part is financed from the Latvian state budget. The Ministry of Transport is the beneficiary of the EU support and the project promoter.