The Balti Mobility and Street Lighting project is a follow-on investment under the Green City Action Plan, approved by the City of Balti in November 2021, addressing the city's priority environmental challenges of air quality. The proceeds of the EBRD's loan and E5P grant funds willl be used to expand and improve the city's public passenger transport and reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of the street ighting system, while enhanscing road security and safety at night by improving the quality of street lighting.
The project envisages (i) the procurement of approximately 22 batery trolleybuses, wiht autonomous propulsion for up to 20 kilometres, and (ii) the modernisation of street lighting on six priority streets.