The Police and Border Guard Department plans to install water barriers on the Narva River along the Russian border, the portal of the ERR television and radio company reported.
"If the land border is ready in terms of infrastructure by the end of 2025, with the exception of some works, then the narrow rivers or Lake Teploe, where there are no special obstacles to overcome, are vulnerable today.
Therefore, if we create a barrier, we will be able to react if an incident occurs," said the Deputy Director of the Police and Border Guard Department, Veiko Kommusaar.
Similar barriers are used in America to combat the penetration of illegal migrants. The Estonian border service wants to test something similar on a section of one and a half kilometers, the portal notes.
The purchase of floating barriers will begin in the coming months, and the tests will take place next year.
The cost of the pilot project is about 1 million euros. The length of the river and lake border between Estonia and Russia is almost 200 km.