{"id":86398,"date":"2026-05-19T17:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/86398\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:30:59","slug":"major-repair-work-begins-on-the-vilnius-kaunas-motorway-patience-will-be-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/86398\/","title":{"rendered":"Major repair work begins on the Vilnius\u2013Kaunas motorway: patience will be needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gt-block\">On the Vilnius\u2013Kaunas\u2013 motorway<a style=\"font-weight:bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/madeinvilnius.lt\/en\/theme\/Klaipeda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Klaipeda<\/a>As repair work begins on the road section near Kaunas on Monday, drivers should allow extra time for their journey, says the head of the state road manager Via Lietuva.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since there is a speed limit and there are crossings from one lane to another, drivers should plan their journey more responsibly, allowing extra time for this,&#8221; Martynas Gedaminskas, CEO of Via Lietuvos, told LRT radio on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>As BNS reported, road works will be carried out in the Vilnius-Kaunas direction, and traffic restrictions will be introduced on the section of the motorway from kilometer 89,42 to 94,34, on the right side.<\/p>\n<p>The head of Via Lietuvos also warns drivers about the changed road markings: &#8220;Road repair work is starting and drivers should be more vigilant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to M. Gedaminskas, traffic changes have been introduced in the Kaunas direction from the intersection towards Neveroniai and continue to the Murava intersection.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is important to draw the attention of all drivers that if you plan to go to a certain area, it is very important to plan in advance which lane to choose, because in order to ensure smoother throughput and traffic organization, traffic is organized in the so-called 3+1 lane,&#8221; said M. Gedaminskas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This means that two lanes are maintained in each direction to ensure that communication and transport mobility are as smooth as possible and drivers have less disruption,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>As BNS reported, the road repair work is planned to be completed by October.<\/p>\n<p>The road works will involve milling the existing asphalt pavement and installing new asphalt layers, as well as strengthening the road base and renewing the entire pavement structure in order to improve the durability and performance of the road.<\/p>\n<p>The project will include the repair and installation of roadside curbs, renovation of surface water drainage systems \u2013 culverts, gutters and wells. In addition, it is planned to update traffic safety measures and road markings.<\/p>\n<p>This year, it is planned to repair more than 120 kilometers of sections and 24 bridges and viaducts on the Vilnius\u2013Klaip\u0117da and Vilnius\u2013Panev\u0117\u017eys motorways.<\/p>\n<p>BNS wrote that the 2026 state budget includes a total of 815,5 million euros for roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\">Author Evelina Pa\u0161kovskyt\u0117<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the Vilnius\u2013Kaunas\u2013 motorwayKlaipedaAs repair work begins on the road section near Kaunas on Monday, drivers should allow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[93],"tags":[171,5547,170,46235],"class_list":["post-86398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vilnius","tag-lithuania","tag-naujiena","tag-vilnius","tag-vilnius-kaunas"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116602436737717519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}