Projects in the area of water engineering are gradually being prepared. In the case of port projects, three are being implemented for container terminals in Gdańsk, Gdynia and Świnoujście. The total value of projects in sea ports is estimated at over PLN 20 billion. At the end of 2022, the construction of a new T3 terminal at the port of Gdańsk began. The project is being implemented by a consortium of Budimex and DEME. The full completion of the project is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025. In the case of the port in Świnoujście, the process of selecting a company to construct a container terminal is underway. In turn, the Port of Gdynia seaport was selected by the Council of Ministers in 2021 as the optimal location for the installation terminal intended for the organisation of the process of construction and operation of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. At the end of November 2021, the Port of Gdynia received an environmental decision for the construction of the External Port.
Due to the blockade of Black Sea ports and the inability to export Ukrainian corn through them, in July 2022 the Polish government decided that a terminal to transfer the Ukrainian corn will be constructed at the Port of Gdansk. The implementation of this project has not started. The need to build more terminals for the export of Ukrainian products is being raised. In 2021, investments were started on Odrzańska Droga Wodna (Oder Waterway). The entire project is to cover the E30 waterway on the Oder, for the section from the border with the Czech Republic to Świnoujście. In addition, investments are planned for the E40 waterway on the Vistula from Gdańsk to Warsaw, the Narew and the Bug rivers, and the E70 waterway on the Oder from the Oder- Havel Canal to Kostrzyn, the Vistula–Oder waterway, the Lower Vistula and the Szkarpawa. The estimated cost of the projects in the development of water transport infrastructure is over PLN 77 billion.
It should be noted, however, that many projects in the field of water construction are associated with protests by environmentalists.
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