ViaBaltica, an international expressway that is to pass across Poland, will probably be constructed at the expense of the most valuable natural areas of the Podlasie region.
From the two possible route variants - via the town of Łomża and via the town of Białystok - the Ministry of Infrastructure selected the Białystok alternative despite it being nearly 30 km longer and causing a threat to Europe's unique refuges of protected fauna and flora.
The intensity of the traffic, which moves via the shorter Łomża road anyway, would cease to be a serious problem for them.
The Trans-European railway Rail Baltica, linking Helsinki – Tallinn – Riga – Kaunas – Warsaw and continuing on to Berlin, is to be developed within the territories of the co-operating EU Member States.
Rail Baltica will support the wider EU goals of parity of access to services and infrastructure of EU Member States and development of sustainable modes of transportation, improved balance and interoperability between different means of transportation and the establishment of links with the rest of the EU rail network.
ViaBaltica, road and rail, is a priority in the TEN networks, with only road improvements progressing to date.
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