AB Via Lietuva continues to develop sustainable mobility infrastructure in the country. With additional funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) allocated in 2025, it is planned to start or improve about 2026 sections of pedestrian and bicycle paths this year and by mid-16, with a total length of just over 50 km.
This year, it is planned to install 19 km of new pedestrian and bicycle paths, and public procurement procedures are underway for the construction of more than 50 km of pedestrian and bicycle paths. Currently, 25 km of pedestrian and bicycle paths are being designed, and design services are being purchased or are planned to be purchased in the near future for more than 96 km of pedestrian and bicycle path projects.
The opportunity to develop more of this infrastructure important for sustainable mobility opens up after the reallocation of European Union funds.
"We are consistently pursuing our goal - implementing sustainable mobility infrastructure projects. We pay great attention to pedestrian and bicycle paths that would connect settlements, go through towns, and expanding suburban areas. Our goal is to install safe and convenient infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists, to provide the opportunity to choose sustainable trips by bicycle or on foot when commuting to work or traveling," said Martynas Gedaminskas, CEO of Via Lietuva.
With additional funding for sustainable mobility projects, approximately 30 km of new pedestrian and bicycle paths will be built. The projects will include not only the construction of paths, but also major or minor road repairs, lighting in some sections, traffic safety measures, and maintenance of other infrastructure.
A new, almost 4,3 km long pedestrian and bicycle path is planned to be installed in Palanga (sections of district road No. 2253 Palanga–Graudūšiai from 0,252 to 1,091 km and from 1,091 to 4,544 km).
In Kėdainiai district municipality, a 4,2 km long trail connecting Kėdainiai with Josvainai will be installed on the regional road No. 229 Aristava–Kėdainiai–Cinkiškiai section from km 13,050 to 17,070. In Šėta (Kėdainiai district municipality) on the regional road No. 2001 Šėta–Okainiai–Truskava section from km 0 to 1,035), a 1,3 km long new and improved pedestrian and bicycle trail will be installed.
The almost 4 km long trail from Kaunas to Karmėlava will be installed along the A6 Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugavpils highway in the section from km 8,391 to 12,37.
Vilnius District Municipality plans to install a 1,5 km long pedestrian and bicycle path through the Buivydiškės settlement to the Zujūnai Street intersection (district road No. 5241 Buivydiškės–Zujūnai section from km 1,500 to 3,560).
Two sections of pedestrian and bicycle paths will be installed in Tauragė district municipality: in Tauragė, the existing 1,7 km long pedestrian and bicycle path will be transformed into a separate path for cyclists (with red asphalt surface) and a separate path for pedestrians (section of the A12 Riga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningrad highway from km 155,796 to 157,57), and a new 1,4 km long path section will be installed from Mažonai towards Tauragė (hot road No. 164 Mažeikiai–Plungė–Tauragė).
On the section of the main road No. A7 Marijampolė–Kybartai–Kaliningrad* from km 30,480 to 36,380, a 5 km long trail is planned to be installed, connecting Virbalis with Alvitus and merging into one common route from Vilkaviškis to Kybartai.
Klaipėda district municipality will install 6,7 km long pedestrian and bicycle paths from the roundabout of the Slengiai settlement to the Sodų g. of the Radailių settlement (district road No. 2212) Klaipeda–Radailiai– Kretinga section from 4,800 to 11,500 km).
Part of the funds have been allocated to the renovation of existing pedestrian and bicycle paths. In total, it is planned to renovate and improve about 21.3 km of paths.
The longest maintained trails, more than 5 km long, are the trail in Panevėžys district municipality connecting Panevėžys, Velžis and Liūdynė (section of country road No. 121 Anykščiai–Troškūnai–Panevėžys from 49,306 to 54,540 km) and the trail in Radviliškis (section of main road A9 Panevėžys-Šiauliai from 51,902 to 57,366 km).
In Pabradė (Švenčionys district municipality), a 3,2 km long pedestrian and bicycle path will be maintained (section of county road No. 102 Vilnius–Švenčionys–Zarasai from km 46,235 to 47,854), in Vilkyčiai (Šilutė district municipality) a 2,2 km long (section of county road No. 141 Kaunas–Jurbarkas–Šilutė–Klaipėda from km 202,914 to 205,170), and in Nemėžys (Vilnius district municipality) almost 2 km long (section of highway A3 Vilnius-Minsk from km 6,650 to 8,548) pedestrian and bicycle paths.
Another intensive traffic path will be maintained in Kaunas district municipality, a 1,221 km long pedestrian and bicycle path located in Akademija (section of country road No. 140 Kaunas–Zapyškis–Šakiai from km 6,171 to 7,510).
While maintaining these pedestrian and bicycle paths, the road surface will be repaired and other infrastructure will be updated.
All works will start once the public procurement procedures have been completed. It is planned that all projects will be completed by mid-2026.
Via Lietuva manages more than 2 kilometers of pedestrian and bicycle paths along state roads under the right of trust. In 000, 2024 km of pedestrian and bicycle paths were built and 40 km of them were renovated.
