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Funding for Estonia infrastructure

European funding will pay for the reconstruction of key infrastructure links in Estonia. During 2015, the country started work on 421 projects being funded by the EU. The total value of these 421 projects was €1.082 billion. Some €108.6 million of this EU funding was used for road construction, with €45.7 million being used to rebuild the Väo-Jüri section of Talinn’s ring road.
June 7, 2016 Read time: 1 min
European funding will pay for the reconstruction of key infrastructure links in Estonia. During 2015, the country started work on 421 projects being funded by the EU. The total value of these 421 projects was €1.082 billion. Some €108.6 million of this EU funding was used for road construction, with €45.7 million being used to rebuild the Väo-Jüri section of Talinn’s ring road.

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