Release date: 8 May 2013
Promoter – Financial Intermediary
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTLocation
Description
Construction of the Augustow Ring Road, forming in part a section of the "Via Baltica", the Helsinki to Warsaw corridor.
Objectives
Improving traffic flows on part of a Trans-European Network in a convergence region.
Comments
This project will be financed as an allocation under the Poland Road Modernisation II project.
Sector(s)
- Transport - Transportation and storage
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
EUR 88 million
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 176 million
Environmental aspects
The project falls under Annex 1 of Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2001/92/EU and has been the subject of a full EIA procedure. The project has the potential to impact protected areas (in particular Puszcza Augustowska PLB20002, Ostroja Augustowska PLH20005 and Dolian Gornej Rospudy PLH200022); so the provisions of the Habitats (92/43/EEC) and Birds (2009/147/EC) Directives apply. This is to be further appraised.
Procurement
The Bank will require the promoter to ensure that contracts for the implementation of the project have been/shall be tendered in accordance with the relevant applicable EU procurement legislation (2004/18/EC and Dir. 2007/66/EC), with publication of tender notices in the EU Official Journal, as and where appropriate. The notice for the main works contract (design and build) was issued - 2010/S 99-149504 - with the contract being signed in 2012.
Status
Approved - 26/07/2013
Disclaimer
Before financing approval by the Board of Directors, and before loan signature, projects are under appraisal and negotiation. The information and data provided on this page are therefore indicative.
They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).