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7 September 2021
Official launch of the construction of a first bridge in Riga
On 2 September, the construction of the first railway bridge of the Rail Baltica Central Station project was officially launched in Riga, Latvia. Government representatives and the city authorities gave the green light to our BERERIX consortium teams.
Kārlis Eņģelis, Director of the Railway Policy and Infrastructure Department of the Ministry of Transport: “Rail Baltica construction works continue to expand, and changes in the center of Riga will become increasingly visible. The construction of the first railway overpass is an important moment in the development of the Riga Central Multimodal Transport Hub […] it will change the urban environment and allow the implementation of design solutions that will improve the movement of traffic, pedestrians and cyclists in a safe and convenient way”
1,000-metre-long major bridge
It is one of the many infrastructures of this extraordinary project that will transform the city of Riga and integrate it into the European railway network. The works, carried out by BESIX and its partners RERE Būve and Rizzani de Eccher, include the construction of the city's new central station, which will accommodate international high-speed trains, a 1,000-metre-long major bridge over the Daugava River, and 2.5 kilometres of railway tracks in the middle of the city, with all the new urban infrastructure that these require.