“Burning bridges cannot wait for better times, but we understand that their repair is a huge financial challenge for municipalities. Therefore, we are doing everything to move decisions forward and are opening an additional KPPP fund for these works,” said Minister Juras Taminskas in a statement.
Currently, KPPP funds allocated for state-important local objects can only be used for local roads needed for transit traffic or national defense.
KPPP funds allocated for financing state-important local roads amount to about 18.5 million euros in 2026. Now it will be possible to select local roads financed in 2027 by including bridges and viaducts in the list.
As BNS wrote in March, out of the 436.4 million euros planned for the KPPP program for road maintenance, repair, and development, 230 million euros are allocated for state roads this year, and 206 million euros for local roads.
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Together with the funds of the newly started State Road Fund for the development, repair, and maintenance of all roads, 615.2 million euros are planned this year (excluding EU funding).
The state budget for 2026 allocates a total of 815.5 million euros for roads.
BNS wrote that 178.8 million euros are planned to be collected for the Road Fund this year – these funds are allocated to 101 projects – a total of 274 kilometers of roads and 51 bridges in critical condition are planned to be repaired.
