Ukraine and Poland have agreed to enhance capacity at the Krakovets-Korczowa checkpoint by at least 50% in the coming weeks as part of the Open Border project, including by increasing the number of lanes for trucks and creating additional pavilions for customs and passport control.
Relevant agreements were reached within the framework of intergovernmental consultations held at the Krakovets-Korczowa checkpoint.
"Increasing capacity is a matter of economic security. That is why we are launching the Open Border, which is designed to effectively address border capacity issues.
Our priorities on this path are the reconstruction of existing and construction of new checkpoints, including access roads, as well as the introduction of joint control. We expect that the increase in the capacity of the Krakovets-Korczowa checkpoint will unload other checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border.
This pilot project is an unprecedented success of our cooperation, capable of paving the way for future projects. We are grateful to our Polish colleagues, especially to the Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland Michał Dworczyk and the Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk, for the collaboration and readiness to take the most urgent measures necessary to stabilize logistics between Ukraine and Europe.
Work on both sides of the border is starting today, and new pavilions at checkpoints will be created in the coming weeks," said Infrastructure Minister Olexandr Kubrakov.
The agreements provide for the following:
- creation by Poland of an infrastructure that will increase the number of lanes for trucks up to eleven;
- provision by Poland of a container module to Ukrainian border guards to create and launch a new checkpoint;
- provision by the Polish and Ukrainian sides of the required number of border guards and customs officers.
Work on expanding the capacity of the Krakovets-Korczowa checkpoint will commence today, June 10.
As part of the Open Border project, it is planned to completely build new and modernize existing checkpoints on the western borders.
It should be noted that earlier in June, the Government of Ukraine established a Working Group on the Development and Construction of Open Border checkpoints, headed by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov. The new format will allow to quickly solve all problems on the Ukrainian-Polish border, as well as to develop a joint step-by-step plan to improve the work of checkpoints.
