1997 allowed the development and eventual permanence of the border crossing. This €7 million European Union TACIS-funded project ran from 1999 and the new international frontier, capable of handling 1,300 cars per day, opened on July 3, 2002. Transportation Svetogorsk is connected by railway with Kamennogorsk, where it has connection to the old Vyborg–Joensuu railroad. There is suburban traffic to Vyborg. The continuation of the railroad beyond Svetogorsk to the Finnish–Russian border is disused. Svetogorsk is connected by roads with Kamennogorsk and Vyborg, as well as with Imatra across the border. In fiction Svetogorsk is a key location in Desmond Bagley's 1973 novel The Tightrope Men. Sister city Svetogorsk has one sister city: Imatra, Finland References Notes Sources Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast Pulp and paper industry Karelian Isthmus Finland–Russia border crossings