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According to the head of the Lithuanian Highway Administration, Vitalijus Andrejevs, so far no EU funding has been allocated for the reconstruction of this road, the works have been carried out with funds from the Highway Maintenance and Development Program .
“No European funds were allocated for this object at all, the object is in the network of the main arteries of the European Union, therefore, when it was possible to allocate EU funds, the Highway Administration also requested part of the funds for Utena Road, “Andrejev told BNS.
According to him, after receiving European funds, the funds released from the Highway Program will be used to pave gravel roads.
“There was a lack of funds for paving gravel roads, European funds cannot be used for paving gravel roads, therefore we intend to use part of the funds released from the reconstruction of the Utena road” V. Andrejev explained.
The Lithuanian and Estonian divisions of the Finnish construction group YIT Infrastructure YIT Infra, with which LTL 19.935 million were signed in December 2018, are renovating the surface of this section. 19.77 million euro contract signed last April. Panevėžio keliai designed and built two viaducts in this section.
According to V. Andrejev, the YIT Infra works should be completed this month, while the Panevėžys roads should be completed in July.
Transport and Communications Minister Jaroslav Narkevičius signed an EU financing order for the Vilnius-Utena highway last Friday.
According to V. Andreev, about 15 million. EU funds should also be allocated for the reconstruction of the Giraitė transport center near Kaunas, where the Via Baltica road and the main road in the country Vilnius-Klaipėda intersect. The Road Program funds released here will also go to the paving of gravel roads.
Maintenance of the Vilnius-Utena highway, built in 1985, the pavement of which is made of cement concrete, becomes increasingly expensive because it is cracked, cracks are renewed and seams deform.
The Puppet Directorate, which had previously planned to organize through a public-private partnership, abandoned this idea and is funding the Highway Maintenance and Development Program project.
Highway Administration predicts all highway updates could be completed by 2030
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