Whereas Estonia has earmarked nearly €500 million towards Rail Baltica development this year alone, for Latvia the figure is not much more than half that, Kokk said.
Fears in Estonia have been that construction in the Latvian section of the line will be neglected to the extent of it remaining on the older 1,520 mm gauge track rather than the 1,435 mm gauge which will be standard for Rail Baltica. This would mean a time-consuming delay at the very least.
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