Studies carried out in the southern Pärnu County section of the planned Rail Baltica high-speed rail link find the development would interfere with forests there to the extent that its construction would likely require a European Union Natura 2000 exception.
The Estonian government on Thursday approved the interim report for Rail Baltic, which noted that it is very likely that the amount needed to finance the railway project cannot be secured in time. In all likelihood, the project will end up getting considerably more expensive, and several stages in its completion will run behind schedule.