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UNIT 4

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4. Read the brief description of the existing" infrastructure at the border posts.

Kalvarija/Lazdijai

Kalvarija is a new border post which has recently been opened with limited facilities to increase capacity on the Lithuanian/Polish border. The border post is situated on the Via Baltica where it is planned to provide a more direct route for traffic. At present only temporary buildings are being used on both sides of the border while new facilities are under construction. Use of temporary facilities is currently restricted to TIR and freight other than food stuffs and agricultural produce which must use the Lazdijai border post where the veterinary and phyto-sanitary controls are still based. The traffic flow (per day) on these border posts is as follows:

Kalvarija

150 lorries

0 - buses

0 - passenger cars

Lazdijai

250 lorries

100 buses

700 passenger cars

Panemune/Kybartai

Panemune is located on the north side of Kaliningrad on the main road to Riga. The river Nemunas forms the boundary between Lithuania and Russia and the border

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