The respective agreement was signed by Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukrainian Minister for Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure Development, and Lilia Dabija, Moldova’s Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Kubrakov said that the bridge will provide Ukrainian exporters with the most direct route from central Ukraine to Central and Southeastern Europe, bypassing the Russian-occupied region of Transnistria.
The Yampil Bridge will serve as an alternative to the non-operational ferry crossing at the Yampil-Koseuts border checkpoint, which no longer meets the modern requirements and needs of residents in both countries.
Moreover, the Yampil Bridge will help distribute the traffic flow between Ukraine and Moldova, currently passing through the Mohyliv-Podilskyi-Otaci international checkpoint.
The artificial structure will exceed 1,400 meters in length and will feature two traffic lanes with sidewalks on both sides.
Kubrakov stated that the signing of the agreement is a practical outcome of the agreements reached by the presidents of Ukraine and Moldova in 2021.
Despite changes to the project’s implementation due to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the critical need for the development of alternative logistic routes makes the Yampil Bridge project indispensable.
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In January 2021, the Office of the President announced that Ukraine would finance the construction of the bridge, which is intended to be part of a new highway connecting Kyiv and Chisinau.
