Construction of a 9.76 km new motorway section of Poland’s S19 route west of Lublin aims to improve traffic flow, safety and business opportunities on the main north-south route to the west of the city by linking nodes at Lublin Sławinek and Lublin Węglin.
plPublic transport in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, is getting a big boost with the construction of the city's third metro line. The first two phases of its development, which are being co-financed by the EU Operational Programme Transport and Transport Infrastructure for the period 2014-2020, are already underway. In the period 2014-2020, the completion of Phase 1 and 2 of Line 3 is expected to add 12 km of lines and 12 metro stations as well as new 20 new metro trains. Upon completion the Sofia metro network should reach 52 km of lines and 47 stations by 2021. The total EU co-financing for Line 3, Phase 1 and 2 amounts to 454.8 million Euros.
bgEuropean Union co-financing has enabled the modernisation of the 57.45-kilometre stretch of Poland’s Warsaw to Łódź railway line between the Warszawa Zachodnia (or Warsaw West) station and the village of Miedniewice, close to the town of Skierniewice. This is part of a wider project on the general upgrading of the Warsaw-Łódź connection.
plFunding from the European Union has supported the modernisation of railway line 226 in northern Poland, which runs from Pruszcz Gdański to Port Północny (or northern port) at Gdańsk and is used for freight operations. The total length of track covered by the investment is 11 kilometres.
plUpgrades to three waste-water treatment plants, construction of a new sewage system and installation of 47 pumping stations are being carried out in order to improve waste-water collection and treatment in Slovakia’s Trenčín and Nitra regions. The work, which is supported by European Union funding, should ensure that sewage systems in the area comply with EU requirements for urban waste-water treatment.
skThanks to EU-funding, Emperra, a German healthcare company that develops, manufactures and distributes telemedicine-based products and services for treating diabetes, is poised to enter the lucrative US market.
deThe second phase of the SUSEN sustainable energy project – supported by EU co-financing – involves the installation of technological instruments in a sustainable energy research and development (R&D) centre in the Czech Republic. The centre was created under the first phase of the project.
csCo-financing from the EU has contributed to the construction of a bypass around Radom in Poland’s Mazowieckie region. The bypass is 24.65 km long and forms part of a section of the S7 express road currently under construction from Radom to Jędrzejów in the Świętokrzyskie region. When complete, the S7 will run the length of Poland, from Gdańsk on the Baltic coast to Rabka near the border with Slovakia, and will be an important element in the development of the country’s express highway network.
plThe European Union has invested more than EUR 432 million – out of a total cost of nearly EUR 749 million – in the extension of Warsaw’s metro line 2. As well as giving Poland’s capital six new metro stations, the project includes the installation of technical facilities at the existing Kabaty station, the purchase of 13 new trains and preparatory work for an additional extension to the line.
plA section of the A1 motorway in Poland’s Silesia region is under construction between the city of Częstochowa and the village of Pyrzowice, close to Katowice international airport. The new stretch of road, a dual carriageway with two lanes running in each direction, is approximately 58 km in length.
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