The program inland waterway: Polish river will become part of international watercourses? – Polish Radio

Minister Marek Gróbarczyk told reporters that the Polish rivers can become part of the international waterways. The Ministry hopes to rebuild three international waterways. It E30 (Danube, Bratislava – Baltic Sea, Szczecin), E40 (Baltic Sea, Gdańsk – the Black Sea, Odessa) and E70 (Atlantic, Antwerp – Baltic Sea, Klaipeda). According to the Minister Gróbarczyk priority it is to run over four years Oder waterway. The cost of this investment is about 30 billion zlotys. As many consume użeglownienie river.

 

The first ships can sail on the river in the next year

 

The Minister announced that the first ships can sail on the river in the next year. As soon as the minister said Gróbarczyk, will be available stretch of Kedzierzyn Kozle to Wroclaw. The Minister added that it is prepared to the protests of environmentalists. The high cost of investment, according to the minister, inter alia, from the need to meet environmental requirements.

 

The Ministry estimates that użeglownienie Polish rivers have to spend about 60 billion zlotys. The money will come from many sources. The management of the ministry wants to be interested in investing energy companies and governments. Also wants to obtain EU funds. The plan is written out by 2030.

 

“The administration is facing a difficult task”

 

Director of Inland Navigation in Kedzierzyn Kozle Dariusz Przybylski believes that the administration is facing a difficult task, because it must repair years of neglect. The captain said that from the beginning of his work in 1980, successive governments have ensured that in the mid-90s will be able to swim the canal Danube-Oder-Elbe. By 2016, nothing in this matter has not changed. The expert hopes that the plan presented will be achieved.

 

The biggest threat to the program użeglownienia rivers

 

Among the biggest threats to the program użeglownienia rivers, the captain mentioned financial problems and the activities of some environmental organizations. Dariusz Przybylski added that the cooperation with them will be difficult and may delay investment.

 

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