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What is the status of the Riga Ropax Terminal project? The local plan, which includes the new passenger terminal project, is currently being reviewed by various institutions for final approval and for work to start on the development of the site. 

On 21 March, the public consultation on the refined version of the local plan for the southern part of Eksportosta closed.

In mid-February, Riga Ropax Terminal, in cooperation with the Freeport of Riga Authority as project lead partner, the Port of Stockholm and the Port of Klaipeda, submitted a proposal to the Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme with the aim to receive funding for a study on reducing the ecological footprint of passenger and Ro-Ro terminals in the city centre. The developers of the Riga Ropax Terminal project and their partners plan to submit a full application to the programme in mid-March.

On February 8th, the Riga City Council passed a decision to submit the improved version of the local plan for the southern part of Eksportosta for public consultation.