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A new cross-border bridge over the Dniester River could be operational by 2025

The road fund for this year will be supplemented by more than €7 million for the development of the project on the construction of the cross-border bridge over the Dniester River between the localities of Costauti and Iampoli, said Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Lilia Dabija. The agreement between the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine was signed this week in Kiev.

The cross-border bridge over the Dniester River between the towns of Cosăuți and Iampoli could become operational in 2025. All costs for the actual construction of the bridge will be covered by the Ukrainian side, while our country will only finance the access infrastructure to the bridge. The Republic of Moldova will develop the technical project and the Road Fund will be supplemented by more than €7 million for this purpose, says Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Lilia Dabija.

"The bridge at Cosăuți-Iampoli will be more than one kilometre and 400 metres long and will link us to our Ukrainian neighbours, a bridge that will be built with the support of the Ukrainian state. The Republic of Moldova will again build the access infrastructure. When I say access infrastructure, I am referring to the more than 8.5 kilometres of access to the bridge, to the two bumpy intersections. For this year, we propose to allocate in the Road Fund an amount of more than €7 million, which is necessary to develop the project of this strategically important objective. We have agreed with the Ukrainian Minister on the deadline for completion of the construction by 2025", said Lilia Dabija.

The construction of the bridge will link the road infrastructure between the two countries. The road network through the eastern part of Moldova will also be connected to the international road network. All aspects of the construction of the Cosăuți - Iampol road bridge will be monitored by the Moldovan-Ukrainian Joint Commission to be set up.

Last February, the Cabinet of Ministers in Chisinau approved the signing of the Agreement, and construction work also started. These were to be finished within two years, but were halted due to the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine.

The infrastructure project was first discussed in January 2021, when President Maia Sandu visited Kiev.

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