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The reconstruction of the A. Meškinis (Kleboniškis) bridge near Kaunas is planned – market consultations are announced

2021 12 07

The State Enterprise Lithuanian Road Administration (hereinafter – the Road Administration) invites contactors to take part in the market consultation on the reconstruction of the middle bridge, so called the A. Meškinis bridge, over the river Neris, which is located near the bridge, the construction of which is nearing the end (in the section between the kilometres 99.03 and 100.47 of the highway A1 Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda).

According to Remigijus Lipkevičius, Director of the State Enterprise Lithuanian Road Administration, market consultations are aimed at informing the market in advance about the future procurement and to create conditions for submitting comments and suggestions regarding the object of the future procurement before the start of the procurement procedure. In addition, at the same time, the technical design of the work, the planned qualification requirements and the economic efficiency criteria are published. Market participants may submit comments until December 10 of this year.

After the market consultations, the procurement for the reconstruction of the said bridge will be announced. The procurement is scheduled for announcement in the first quarter of next year.

It is planned that the A. Meškinis bridge could be reconstructed by the end of 2023. After the reconstruction of this bridge, there are plans to reconstruct the remaining third (southern) bridge over the river Neris. Currently, the construction of the new bridge (northern) across the river Neris, which is located near Kaunas, with an overpass over Jonavos Street, is nearing completion.

The said bridges near Kaunas over the river Neris, which are on the highway A1 Vilnius-Kaunas-Klaipeda between the kilometres 99.03 and 100.47, are the busiest in Lithuania. It is estimated that on some days the car traffic, that runs on this road section from Biruliškės Intersection to Via Baltica, of which the said bridges are a part, reaches up to 68 thousand cars.

The repair and construction of the bridges form a part of the Islandijos Road project. After the arrangement of the entire Islandijos Road, the traffic throughput and safety will increase – society will save the millions of hours it now spends in traffic jams on this section of the road.