Ukraine is planning to complete a large-scale reconstruction of the international road border crossing point (IRCP) Yahodyn (on the border with Poland) by 2028. According to the Operational Plan of the Border Infrastructure Development Strategy with EU countries and the Republic of Moldova until 2030, posted on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers, it is planned to build a terminal, a bridge crossing over the Western Bug River, parking lots for trucks, reconstruction of access roads.
It is planned to allocate UAH 400 million – half of the necessary amount of UAH 850 million – for the construction of the terminal at PP already in 2025. The remaining 450 million UAH will be financed in 2026, including at the expense of international technical assistance.
In addition, “reconstruction of the existing section” is envisioned, for which UAH 5 million of the required UAH 868 million has been allocated in 2024. In 2025 it is planned to allocate UAH 65 million, in 2026 – UAH 400 million and the same amount in 2027. The works will be financed from the state budget and international technical assistance.
At IACP “Yahodyn” in 2025 will be introduced a video monitoring system “Traffic Management System”, for which 150 million UAH will be allocated at the expense of international technical assistance. In addition, the purchase of a scanning system of mobile type with portal scanning function will be completed by the end of 2025. For this purpose 55.4 million UAH will be allocated at the expense of the loan of the Republic of Poland. The first tranche – 55.4 million UAH for the purchase of the system was allocated in 2024.
The project of reconstruction of IACP “Yagodin” provides for the construction of a new bridge crossing over the river Western Bug – 1.5 billion UAH. For the realization of this project it is planned to allocate UAH 20 million in 2025, UAH 500 million in 2026, UAH 500 million in 2027 and UAH 480 million in 2028, including at the expense of international technical assistance.
In addition, it is envisaged to overhaul the public highway of state importance M-07 and the approaches to the auto terminals of Yagodyn No. 2 and Yagodyn No. 3. In 2025, UAH 236.09 million out of the required UAH 236.66 million will be allocated for the implementation of this project, including at the expense of EU technical assistance, in particular, the CEF project (covers 50% of project needs – IF-U). In 2024, UAH 0.56 mln was allocated for the project implementation.
Among other things, the construction of new parking lots for trucks is envisaged, for which UAH 179.8 million will be allocated in 2025 and UAH 227.9 million in 2026, including at the expense of CEF mechanisms. In 2024, UAH 3.74 million out of the required UAH 411.16 million has been allocated for the project implementation.
Reconstruction and overhaul of the M-07 Kyiv-Kovel-Yagodin highway with a length of 69.9 km is envisaged. In 2026 it is planned to allocate UAH 2.5 million, in 2027 – UAH 4.5 million and another UAH 4.5 million in 2028 out of UAH 11.5 million required for the realization of this project. Funding will be provided from the state budget.
