Lithuania plans to build 23 more engineering parks by 2030
Sunday 29th March 2026 on 11:15 in
Lithuania
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has proposed constructing 23 additional counter-mobility engineering parks by the end of 2030, expanding the total network to 50, LRT reports. The plan also includes creating a new counter-mobility zone along the borders with Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad region.
The proposal, registered last week as a government resolution draft, would amend a 2024 Cabinet decision on counter-mobility measures. Last May, the ministry announced plans to increase the number of parks from 27 to 50, with completion initially expected by 2027.
Deputy Defence Minister Tomas Godliauskas told BNS the timeline extension follows military assessments, as the expanded scope requires more time. “The army’s detailed planning, aligned with NATO defence plans, identified the need for more measures. This means expanding the engineering park network to 50 and allocating the necessary funding, with procurement and construction phased over time,” he said.
Most measures in the original 2024 resolution are nearing completion, prompting the ministry to seek an extension. “The goal is to continue the project as needed—requiring amendments to the resolution and expanding development areas,” Godliauskas added.
The state-owned railway infrastructure company LTG Infra would be tasked with facilitating land access for new parks, as it manages relevant state-owned plots. By 2030, the ministry also proposes installing reserve barriers on key roads, approaches, and bridges—equipped with structures for attaching explosives—based on military technical requirements.
Some planned barriers remain unfinished due to “design changes and technological adjustments during construction,” the ministry noted. To address this, regulations for new bridge designs will be updated this winter to mandate inclusion of demolition structures.
A new 150m-wide counter-mobility zone is proposed along the Belarusian and Kaliningrad borders, extending 20m inward from the patrol path. This would require private land, necessitating legal amendments. “Our current focus is on frontline measures: blocking border posts, closing roads from Belarus, acquiring easements, digging anti-tank ditches, and installing wire obstacles. Now, we aim to extend this to a several-hundred-metre zone behind the frontline,” Godliauskas explained. The ministry plans to secure legal grounds in 2026–2027, conduct land surveys in 2027–2028, and complete construction by 2029.
By late 2027, the ministry also proposes restoring drainage ditches in Šakiai and Vilkaviškis districts—deemed most suitable for border defence—while abandoning the measure in Marijampolė district following military advice.