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2) Inland waterway transport
Sector/ sub-sector: Transport/Corridors and missing links.
Description: Inland water transport - with its much lower external costs - is an effective
and competitive alternative to road and rail transport. Given its relatively low energy
consumption, low gas emission and overall relatively low air pollution, inland transport
is also more environmentally friendly compared to the above-mentioned modes. The
potential for increasing share of inland waterway transport in Poland is still untapped.
The projects in this field aim to promote and strengthen the role of inland waterway
transport in the transport system, facilitate its integration into the intermodal logistic
chain, improve access to seaports and improve safety by rebuilding regulation
structures. The projects in this area will also help to address a flooding problem severely
affecting the whole region, therefore actions taken by neighbouring countries should be
compatible.
In particular, projects in this area are aimed at upgrading existing waterways,
construction of new connections (a waterway, canal, barrage), rebuilding of regulating
structures and modernization of hydrotechnical structures.
Financing Needs: Projects’ costs range approximately from €5 mn to €5 bn.
Involved Parties: Public institutions (Ministry of Infrastructure and Development,
National Water Management Authority).
Main project barriers: Lack of financing, high investment risk compared to costs,
institutional and legal barriers. Some projects are included in the Implementation
Document, but beyond the allocation from the EU funds under Operational Programme
Infrastructure and Environment 2014-20.
Socio-Economic Benefits: Promotion of more environmentally friendly and relatively
cheaper mode of transport, promotion of regional and transnational development by
creating jobs and new business opportunities, addressing a flooding problem.
European Value Added: Implementation of inland water transport projects will help to
achieve EU targets aimed at reduction of transport related greenhouse gas emission,
while at the same time will help to meet the increasing needs in terms of passengers and
freight transport. Tapping inland water transport potential is a vital part of the EU’s
transport policy mix.
Project examples:
Upgrading the Oder Waterway (to meet parameters of a class 4 waterway at least,
thus becoming part of the TEN-T) (€5 bn);
Construction of the Silesian Canal (an East-West connection between the canalised
the Upper Vistula waterway and the Oder Waterway) (€2 bn);
1st stage of construction of the Danube-Oder-Elbe waterway: the Koźle-Ostrawa
border-adjacent section (€1 bn).
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Sector/ sub-sector: Transport/Corridors and missing links.
Description: Inland water transport - with its much lower external costs - is an effective
and competitive alternative to road and rail transport. Given its relatively low energy
consumption, low gas emission and overall relatively low air pollution, inland transport
is also more environmentally friendly compared to the above-mentioned modes. The
potential for increasing share of inland waterway transport in Poland is still untapped.
The projects in this field aim to promote and strengthen the role of inland waterway
transport in the transport system, facilitate its integration into the intermodal logistic
chain, improve access to seaports and improve safety by rebuilding regulation
structures. The projects in this area will also help to address a flooding problem severely
affecting the whole region, therefore actions taken by neighbouring countries should be
compatible.
In particular, projects in this area are aimed at upgrading existing waterways,
construction of new connections (a waterway, canal, barrage), rebuilding of regulating
structures and modernization of hydrotechnical structures.
Financing Needs: Projects’ costs range approximately from €5 mn to €5 bn.
Involved Parties: Public institutions (Ministry of Infrastructure and Development,
National Water Management Authority).
Main project barriers: Lack of financing, high investment risk compared to costs,
institutional and legal barriers. Some projects are included in the Implementation
Document, but beyond the allocation from the EU funds under Operational Programme
Infrastructure and Environment 2014-20.
Socio-Economic Benefits: Promotion of more environmentally friendly and relatively
cheaper mode of transport, promotion of regional and transnational development by
creating jobs and new business opportunities, addressing a flooding problem.
European Value Added: Implementation of inland water transport projects will help to
achieve EU targets aimed at reduction of transport related greenhouse gas emission,
while at the same time will help to meet the increasing needs in terms of passengers and
freight transport. Tapping inland water transport potential is a vital part of the EU’s
transport policy mix.
Project examples:
Upgrading the Oder Waterway (to meet parameters of a class 4 waterway at least,
thus becoming part of the TEN-T) (€5 bn);
Construction of the Silesian Canal (an East-West connection between the canalised
the Upper Vistula waterway and the Oder Waterway) (€2 bn);
1st stage of construction of the Danube-Oder-Elbe waterway: the Koźle-Ostrawa
border-adjacent section (€1 bn).
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