Four-lane road to link Lithuania, Poland by 2022 – ministers

  • 2018-05-18
  • LETA/TBT Staff

VILNIUS, May 17, BNS – A four-lane road will link Lithuania and Poland by 2022, the two countries' minister say. The Polish stretch could be built a bit earlier, by 2021.

"Four lanes will reach the border in Poland in 2021-2022," Polish Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk told BNS Lithuania on Thursday, hoping that Lithuania would build a four-lane road on its side at the same time.

"We both expect those two roads to connect by 2022. The Poles might finish it a bit earlier," Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis told BNS Lithuania.

He also said he would discuss with his Polish counterparts ways to make the Via Baltica a smart road.

The four-lane international Via Baltica highway is set to link Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas and Warsaw.