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On 11 June 2024, a letter of intent was signed in Gdansk regarding cooperation for the development of the Polish section of the E70 International Waterway. The signatories of the letter expressed their will to revitalize and sustainably develop the Polish section of this route. It was assumed that the shipping route would be maintained and modernized, taking into account the development of its tourist potential, preservation of unique cultural, natural and landscape values. On behalf of the Minister of Infrastructure, the letter of intent was signed by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Arkadiusz Marchewka.
The signatories of the letter are: the Minister of Infrastructure, the President of the State Water Holding Polish Waters, the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region, the Marshal of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship and the Marshal of the Lubuskie Voivodeship.
"We are striving to provide permanent financial resources for the activation of the E70 International Waterway. We are aware of the challenges that await us in this regard, if only because of the valuable natural areas that need to be preserved. However, we hope that together we will be able to give the IWW E70 a full tourist character," said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Arkadiusz Marchewka.
In 2008, an initiative was established by the authorities of five voivodeships: Lubuskie, Wielkopolskie, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Pomorskie and Warmi?sko-Mazurskie, aimed at revitalizing and restoring navigable functions on this waterway. The actions taken in recent years by the signatories of the IWW E70 Agreements have led to the development of analyses, strategies and concepts. In addition, quays and riverside boulevards were modernized, old marinas and marinas were renovated or new ones were built.
These efforts undertaken in recent years are met by the initiative of the Ministry of Infrastructure. The signing of the letter of intent is the first step towards the development of a strategic government document which will include the most important modernisation and maintenance tasks at the IWW E70. Its aim is to restore and use the capabilities of the International Waterway E70 so that it takes its rightful place on the tourist and transport map of Poland.
International Waterway E70
The E70 International Waterway is a waterway connecting Rotterdam in the Netherlands via the Berlin inland waterway junction and northern Poland with Klaipeda and the Nemunas River. In Polish, it runs from the west along the Oder, Note?, Bydgoszcz Canal, then through the Bydgoszcz Water Junction and the Brda, where it connects with the International Waterway E40 (between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea) and further along the Vistula River it leads through the Nogat, Szkarpawa to the Vistula Lagoon.
