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At the same time, it is no longer planned to cross the Giruliai forest due to the rail crossing, the Environment Ministry announced on Friday.
Environment Minister Simon Gentville says the environmental cost of building an outer port would be very high.
“After all, we are not going to hang the outer port in the air, therefore we close the discussion for a long time, let’s decide the next period. Now let’s think about the development in the southern part of the port, “S. Gentvilas said in the report.
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Marius Skuodis, says that, firstly, the existing capacity of the Klaipeda port should be used and, finally, it must be answered whether the external port is possible from an environmental point of view.
“The medium-term priorities for the expansion of the port are its dredging, development of new territories in the southern part of the port, better use of cargo capacity. We could return to the outer port issue only in the future, “confirmed M. Skuodis in the report.
The construction of the outer port was foreseen in the general plan of the Klaipeda port, but his idea was questioned both by M. Skuodis, who took over the Minister’s portfolio last December, and by the port companies.
The general plan of the port of Klaipeda was approved a couple of years ago, previously it was estimated that the project of the outer port could have cost about 800 million. euros.
At that time, concerns were raised about the Giruliai forest due to the development of the Klaipėda railways, which were preparing to lift almost all the load from the center of the port city by 2030.
Following the outrage of the communities that 30 to 50 hectares of forest might have to be cut down in the Giruliai forest, the previous government amended the draft resolution last July and named the territories of the Klaipėda district as potential development zones. railway.
Lithuania Railways, for its part, said it was not considering development at Giruliai.
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