EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes: improved road infrastructure at Polish-Ukrainian border

On 3 December, Ukraine completed repair works at the Yahodyn TEN-T road border crossing point with Poland. 

The works were conducted as part of a joint cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian beneficiaries under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), and aimed to ensure smooth and seamless TEN-T cross border connectivity and to support the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes initiative.  

The Dorohusk-Yahodyn border crossing point is part of the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes initiative, which aims to establish and improve transport routes in response to Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The completed works include the renewal of the pavement, installation of road lighting, safety barriers, road signs and other traffic management measures. Further works are ongoing on the Polish side, including the construction of the S12 expressway and preparation of comprehensive design documentation for a freight terminal in Okopy, Poland (near Dorohusk).  

The works are part of the broader project receiving around €62.3 million of CEF grant support along with technical assistance from JASPERS, the advisory programme of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and co-financing opportunities available through the dedicated EIB framework loan.  

As part of the broader project, similar capacity increase measures are underway for other TEN-T road border crossing points between the EU and Ukraine, for example along the Polish-Ukrainian border in Krakovets/Korczowa and Rava-Ruska/Hrebenne. The work includes additional parking spaces on the Ukraine side and access roads.  

This joint project is expected to be finalised in 2027.  

In total, the EU has mobilised more than €2.3 billion to improve the Solidarity Lanes, out of which €1.55 billion in non-reimbursable grant support from the Connecting Europe Facility supporting the priority transport cross-border connections of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T).  

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