Infrastructure in the Pomeranian Province

03.03.2005

On February 28 this year, the Pomeranian Provincial Office in Gdansk was playing host to the conference "The Condition and the Development Prospects of Transport and Communication Infrastructure in the Pomeranian Province". Hosting the event was Cezary Dabrowski - the Pomeranian Governor. Officials participating in the conference included Longin Pastusiak - Marshal of the Polish Senate, Jan Ryszard Kurylczyk - Secretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure, Edward Gajerski - Director General of the Board of National Roads and Motorways, Pomeranian deputies and senators, as well as representatives of businesses and authorities playing key roles in terms of the Province-based infrastructure.

The presentation part of the conference commenced with a speech by Andrzej Bojanowski - Vice-President of the Board of the Port of Gdansk Authority SA, who discussed major investments in infrastructure in the Port of Gdansk. The areas of interest covered the construction project of a deepwater container terminal and a logistics and distribution centre in the Northern Port, four projects co-financed from the EU funds under the Sectoral Operational Programme - Transport, as well as measures focusing on the implementation of the motorways of the sea project. Next to speak were representatives of the Port of Gdynia Authority SA, Maritime Offices in Gdynia and Slupsk, General Board of National Roads and Motorways, PKP PLK SA, PKP SKM in Tricity Ltd, Gdansk Airport Ltd, TP SA and Skanska SA.

The conference was found to provide most valuable grounds for discussions and exchanging information among representatives of businesses, local authorities, members of parliament originating from varied political groups and representatives of the Ministry of Infrastructure. During the proceedings, issues were raised of pivotal importance in terms of the infrastructure development across the Pomeranian Province. Particular emphasis was laid on investments in road and rail development scheduled for implementation over the next few years, which aim at providing an improved land approach to seaports, thus bolstering their competitiveness and speeding up the economic growth throughout the whole country. That shaped up a suitable frame to raise the issue of the A-1 motorway construction, preliminary measures towards the commencement of the construction, as well as possible measures to accelerate the development of what appears to be the investment of profound consequence.