A buildup of trucks is forecast by the weekend at the exit from Belarus near the "Urbany" border crossing.

March 21, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Border guards predict an increase in queues of freight vehicles for departure from Belarus at the Urbany checkpoint in the Braslav district by the upcoming weekend and recommend that carriers consider alternative routes if possible, Denis Glebko, assistant head of the Polotsk Border Guard Detachment for Media Relations, told a BELTA correspondent. Due to the closure of the Grigorovshchina international checkpoint in the Verkhnedvinsk district on the Belarusian-Latvian border for reconstruction from March 15, queues of trucks have begun to form at the Urbany checkpoint in the Braslav district. By the end of the working week, they usually increase significantly. For example, if on Tuesday, March 20, there were about 200 vehicles in the departure queue, by Friday their number may more than double, as it was last weekend, when almost 500 vehicles accumulated at the approach to the checkpoint. According to Denis Glebko, the traffic queues on the Belarusian-Latvian section are also due to the fact that foreign carriers can freely import diesel fuel through Latvia, while Poland has restrictions on its import. The suspension of freight traffic through the Grigorovshchina checkpoint will last until October 15, 2012. This is due to the performance of construction and installation works. During this period, the checkpoint will be intended only for the movement of buses and passenger vehicles with a total weight of up to 3.5 tons, carrying goods for personal use. To cross the Belarusian-Latvian border, the State Customs Committee recommends that persons engaged in international freight transport use, in addition to the Urbany-Silene road checkpoint, the Russian Burachki-Terekhovo checkpoint, including when traveling to European Union countries, and other checkpoints located on the Belarusian section of the external border of the Customs Union.-0-