Completion dates for building of fence on border with Belarus introduced

This week, an everyday assembly of the supervisory committee on the development of exterior border infrastructure was held.

In 2023, the development of a fence on the border with Belarus on land sections with a size of 112 km was accomplished. In 2023, a 30-meter tunnel was additionally put into operation, which vastly facilitates border management within the space the place the border is crossed by the railway line.

This yr, work on the development of a fence alongside public waters and different infrastructure components alongside your entire 173 kilometers of the border with Belarus has continued intensively and is in its remaining part. Lower than six kilometers of barrier stays to be constructed alongside 32.46 kilometers of state waters within the coming month.

Thus, your entire fence on the border with Belarus shall be accomplished. Within the land sections the place the fence has already been constructed, work is intensively underway to create infrastructure: as a part of the primary stage of building work, 21.94 kilometers of patrol lanes for passenger automobiles and pedestrian bridges have already been created. The development of 1.75 kilometers of pontoon patrol traces has been accomplished. The work is scheduled to be accomplished by the top of 2024.

This yr, it’s deliberate to construct six steel communication towers and entry roads alongside a 16.7-kilometer part of the Daugava River on the Latvian-Belarusian border. Three towers are beneath building, and preparatory work is underway on two earlier than the beginning of building. These towers are a part of the clever nationwide exterior land border surveillance system, which is being created to successfully shield Latvia’s borders and guarantee nationwide safety pursuits. Work at this stage is deliberate to be accomplished by spring 2025.