Erection of electricity grid Lithuania-Poland to start in 2010

Jan 15, 2009 - Petras Vaida, BC - The Baltic Course

As it has been planned, the erection of the electricity grid interconnection between Lithuania and Poland is intended to be started in 2010. It was confirmed by the LEO LT subsidiary Lietuvos Energija.

On Wednesday, in Warsaw, Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius met with Jaroslav Neverovic, chairman of the board of directors of the company LitPolLink for the implementation project on the electricity bridge, and Wladyslaw Mielczarski, chairman of the supervisory board of the company and coordinator of the project assigned by the European Union, who presented the action plan of the Project, informs ELTA.

During the meeting, participants discussed the progress of the project, directions for the activities foreseen in the action plan such as the preparation of special and technical plans, inclusion of the route into the plans of local self-government in Poland, environmental issues, etc.

According to Neverovic, it is sought to prepare for the erection of the electricity link and comply with all the EU requirements concerning valuable natural objects, since the link would pass along protected objects on both sides.