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Almost 1,500 trucks stuck in traffic jam at Latvia-Russia border

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   RIGA, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - Almost 1,500 trucks are stuck in
   traffic jams at the Latvian-Russian border, the Baltic country's border
   guards press service said on Sunday.

   A total of 1,200 vehicles are involved at the Terekhovo-Burachki border
   post on the road to Moscow and 220 at the Grebnevo-Ubylinka crossing on
   the road to St. Petersburg.

   The number of jammed trucks tends to depend on the situation on the
   roads in neighboring Lithuania and Belarus, as well as on the season.
   The most serious jams usually occur in August-September, as companies
   begin to increase their international carriage due to the end of the
   vacation season.

   The other main traffic jam period begins in November, when deliveries
   increase in the run-up to Christmas and New Year.

   Increased trade between Russia and the EU combined with the tiny
   traffic capacity of border posts have made such jams routine in Latvia,
   which is one of the EU's most eastern states.

   A record queue of 2000 trucks was registered in August 2007. Drivers
   usually spend an average of more than 23 hours queuing at the
   Terekhovo-Burachki point, and about 20 hours at the Grebnevo-Ubylinka
   crossing.

   During talks in Riga last year, Russian Transportations Minister Igor
   Levitin said agreement had been reached to build new checkpoints at
   Vientuli and Opoli.

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