02.02.2010.
Sketch Design Project for the 1st Segment of the Riga Northern Transport Corridor has been developed
The sketch design project for the 1st Segment of the Northern Corridor or the “Brivibas Dublieris” (the alternate of Brīvības street) has been developed and approved in September 2009. The activities carried out were financed within the framework of EU project “Integration of Riga City and Riga Port into TEN-T network”. The sketch design project foresees the construction of a new motorway with a total length of 9.1 km, which begins at Jaunciema gatve connection to Brīvības street at the Eastern border of Riga City and ends at Gustava Zemgala gatve in the West, at the beginning of the Northern Corridor 2nd Segment.
The sketch design project for the alternate of Brīvības street envisages the construction of dual carriageway with two lanes in each direction from the Riga City border to the point near Ķīšezers lake, and construction of dual carriageway with three lanes in each direction from Jaunciema gatve near Ķīšezers lake to Gustava Zemgala gatve. The project also envisages construction of five multilevel traffic junctions with Gustava Zemgala gatve, Viskaļu iela, Mārkalnes iela, Jaunciema gatve and Brīvības gatve.
The Construction of the Northern Corridor is designed in 4 Segments. The approximate total road length is 27-30 km. The Northern Corridor is integrated into the network of the main state roads and provides convenient connections to the existing motorways. In the West it will be connected to Rīga - Jūrmala motorway at Priedaine and the Rīga bypass at Babīte, but in the East – to Vidzeme motorway in Berģi. The Northern Corridor will be integrated into the Riga street network with number of multilevel crossings. The motor road will also cross the 0.4 km wide river Daugava. After completion the Northern Corridor will become a significant part of Riga transport network that will divert traffic flow from the city centre and will provide access to the whole territory of Riga Port on both sides of the river Daugava. According to current plans construction will start in 2012 and it will be completed in 2018.
Development of the 1st Segment of the Northern Corridor sketch design project was started on March 20, 2007. From November 16, 2007 to December 27, 2007 public hearing procedure on the environmental impact assessment working report for the 1st Segment of Northern Corridor was carried out and on January 13, 2009 the Riga City Council passed the decision “On construction of the expressway leading to the City of Riga from the A2 motor road up to Gustava Zemgala gatve (the alternate of Brīvības street)”, which was based on its results.
Sketch design project for the Northern Corridor 1st Segment was developed by company “BRD&ProVia”. Detailed information on the 1st Segment of Riga Northern Transport Corridor – the sketch design project on the motorway from Vidzeme motorway to Gustava Zemgala gatve is available at the City Development Department of the Riga City Council, at Project Management and Development Unit.