After all the corrections have been made to the draft of the special territorial planning document, it will be presented to the public in March of this year. The date of delivery of the revised plan and other deadlines will be notified separately by registered mail to landowners and other users and their neighbours.
Such a high involvement of communities, business representatives and residents in planning one of the most strategically important and at the same time one of the most complex sections of the new railway is exceptional. The proposal will be adjusted as far as the parameters of the project allow it to be, according to Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Loreta Maskaliovien. The special plan's solutions were first published in November 2022 and were accessible for two months. Several meetings were held with communities, communities and landowners who will be directly affected by the new railway during the publication. All interested parties had the chance to get acquainted with the specific solutions of the special plan for the Kaunas Vilnius section within the two months and submit reasoned proposals.
According to Dovydas Palaima, General Manager at LTG Infra Rail Baltica ManagementRail Baltica Management, the company responsible for the implementation of the project in Lithuania, the aim is to assess each proposal as quickly and thoroughly as possible: The proposals are currently being assessed. Each person who submits a proposal will receive a written answer as soon as this phase is completed. Any changes in the special plan will be notified separately to the persons directly affected by the new railway. After active discussions with representatives of municipalities and communities and taking into account the compulsory technical standards for the European gauge high-speed track, the optimal alternative to Kaunas Vilnius railway track was approved at the end of 2021, it was decided that the so-called northern S 5 alternative was best suited to the needs of all interested parties. This European track will connect the cities of Kai iadorys, Vievis and Lentvaris.
The companies responsible for preparing the engineering infrastructure development plan for the Rail Baltica line in Kaunas Vilnius are Sweco Lietuva and DB Engineering Consulting GmbH.
Rail Baltica is the largest railway infrastructure project in the history of the Baltic States, which will build a fully electrified double-track railway connecting Warsaw, Kaunas, Vilnius, Panev ys, Riga, P rnu and Tallinn. The total length of Rail Baltica in the Baltic States is 870 km, with 392 km in Lithuania, 265 km in Latvia and 213 km in Estonia.