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A new vehicle checkpoint “Bila Tserkva – Sighetu Marmației” has opened on the border between Ukraine and Romania. This was reported by the Minister for Restoration, Infrastructure and Transport Mykola Kalashnyk on his Facebook page.
“Today the new checkpoint ‘Bila Tserkva – Sighetu Marmației’ opened on the border of Ukraine and Romania. The first new vehicle crossing between our countries in Zakarpattia in nearly 20 years,” he wrote.
This is the third vehicle checkpoint with Romania in the region. It provides an additional route for people and businesses, the ability to redistribute traffic flows, and to reduce the load on existing crossings.
“We have opened new logistical gates to the EU, which strengthens our economy and reinforces Ukraine’s role as an important international participant in European development and security,” emphasized Viktor Mykyta, Deputy Head of the President’s Office, who attended the opening.
At the first stage the checkpoint will be able to process up to 400 passenger cars per day. For its launch, the Ukrainian side built an access road and installed modular infrastructure for border and customs control. Romanian partners built the checkpoint and a new bridge over the Tisza.
Mykola Kalashnyk also noted that the new checkpoint has personal significance for residents of the Solotvyno community. A large community of ethnic Romanians lives there; many families have relatives on the other side of the border. The new crossing will make those trips—to parents, children, and loved ones—easier.
“We are opening traffic on temporary infrastructure so that people can use the crossing right away. This is the first phase of the project. Next we plan to build a full complex for processing trucks and buses. After completion it will additionally be able to process up to 360 freight vehicles and 50 buses per day,” the minister said.
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