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BORDER TROUBLES * Finland - To limit number of border-crossing permits for Russian trucks
In attempt to solve congestion problems - 70,000 additional permits sought for year's end
Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland -The Helsingin Sanomat -17 Oct 2008: -- According to Minister of Transport Anu Vehviläinen, Finland is considering drastic measures to solve the traffic congestion problems on its eastern border... For this year, 400,000 permits have been allocated to the Russian operators, but for the end-year they would need an additional 70,000 permits. One permit equals one trip across the border... Only the number of additional permits that the border can handle would be issued to the Russians. This would prevent the formation of truck queues on the roads in Eastern Finland. Such queues are particularly dangerous in the winter... 
The Finns are particularly vexed by the fact that Russia prohibits car-carrying vehicles from using the Vaalimaa border crossing point... Limiting the number of permits allocated to the Russian operators might benefit the Finnish road transport companies, however... (Photo by JUHANI NIIRANEN -above: Russian car transporters heading east along the Porvoo motorway on Wednesday. The trucks are often seen in long convoys on the route from Hanko to the border... Photo -below- Mikko (left) and Markus Niiranen observe the queue of trucks from the play carriage window of a train near Imatra at the beginning of October) Labels: border news
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