GRI:
The long-term perspective for the development of railway construction in Poland is very favourable. In January 2021, the level of advancement of the National Railway Programme, measured by the percentage of contracts completed and under implementation, exceeded 89%. The new EU financial perspective begins this year, which may increase the tender activity of PKP PLK. The list of tasks with EU funding has not yet been published.
The analyses of Budimex indicate that the value of offers opened by PKP PLK in proceedings of significant value decreased. In 2020 it amounted to PLN 4.9 billion compared to 12.5 billion in 2019. The plan for 2021 assumes announcing at least 60 tenders with a total value of PLN 16.5 billion. The largest of the planned investments include the reconstruction of the Rail Baltica line on the section Białystok – Ełk, reconstruction of the Giżycko – Kętrzyn – Korsze and Kościerzyna - Somonino - Kartuzy routes and construction of the railway ring road of Poznań. Additionally, 650 million PLN was reserved for renovation and maintenance works. PKP PLK also has design documentation at its disposal, enabling it to announce further tenders for construction works worth several dozen billion PLN. This year the government plans to adopt a programme for the construction of the Małaszewicze Logistic Park. The Cargotor company (PKP Cargo Group) has already submitted an application for a building permit. The total value of the investment will be over PLN 3 billion. Tenders for investments under the Rail Plus Programme should start appearing from next year. As at the end of January 2021, 76 applications had been qualified for the programme, of which tendering procedures for the preparation of the planning and forecasting study have already been announced for 11 projects. The total value of the programme to be completed by 2028 is PLN 6.6 billion.