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Work will begin in the spring.
Arūnas Pranckevičius, director of the Sventoji Port Authority, told Seaside News that the winners of the contest should be announced by the end of February. And if all the public procurement procedures go smoothly, the earthworks on the territory of the Sventoji port should start as soon as time permits, scheduled for March.
The entire project, for which 1.7 million were allocated. Support from the EU Fisheries Fund must be completed before June 30, 2022. This year 1.8 million have to be worked. euros.
After the implementation of the project, 905 square meters M. m ship shelter-hangar with 2 thousand. 237 square meters. square m. The hangar will have storage facilities for fishing equipment and traps, auxiliary rooms, restrooms and showers. There will also be a boat launch ramp, which is planned for 1,000. 256 square meters. At the site, a device for lowering vessels – winch, berths of 32 and 70 meters long will be installed, a section of about 115 meters of road leading to the port will be fixed. By the way, part of the funding for street management will come from 2021 and 2022. Funds from the road maintenance and development program.
There are also 9 thousand. 917 square meters. 46 parking spaces will be built, 370 m in length of Prieplaukos street, electricity, communications, water supply, sewerage, and rainwater networks will be installed.
The port is a strategic object
The plans to restore the port of Šventoji, the implementation of which begins with the development of the fishing infrastructure, have received criticism from specialists, as the work does not begin with the construction of docks. In the previously prepared 6-stage port rehabilitation scheme, piers of 643 m to the south and 438 m to the north were to be built in Phase I to protect the port entrances from being covered by sand. However, the budget of the municipality of Palanga alone would not be sufficient for the works of this stage.
Last Wednesday, January 27, the issue of the reconstruction of the seaport of Sventoji was discussed at the meeting of the Seimas Economic Committee, which was attended remotely by the mayor of Palanga, Šarūnas Vaitkus, and the Economic Development Division of the Municipal Administration of Palanga, Ramunė Urbonienė. Mindaugas Skritulskas, a member of the Seimas elected in Palanga, emphasized that the reconstruction of the port should not rest solely on the shoulders of the municipality of the city of Palanga, and proposed that this issue be included in the Government’s Action Plan; this would open up wider opportunities. seek funding for the reconstruction of the port not only, but also with EU funds.
The Seimas Economic Committee decided unanimously to propose to the Government the inclusion of the Sventoji port reconstruction project as a strategic objective of the State in the plan of measures for the execution of the Government program.
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