📋 Tender Overview
In the area of the Vistula Spit Piercing the ceremony of laying the cornerstone and the foundation act was held in the footing of the northern bridge support. It was attended by the Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation Marek Grbarczyk and Undersecretary of State of MGMi Grzegorz Witkowski.There is a very important moment ahead of us. This is the final flooding of the second road abutment i.e. the closure of a certain stage in the construction implementation the transition to the next one. I think that the closure of a certain mental stage - discussion discourse about there will be a shipping channel. - said Minister Grbarczyk.The event was also attended by the chairman of the Sea Convention Capt. z.w. Zbigniew Sulatycki director of the Maritime Office in Gdynia Capt. j.w. Wiesaw Piotrzkowski President of NDI Magorzata Winiarek-Gajewska Laurens Schokking representative of Besix who alongside Minister Grbarczyk signed the erection act. Earlier the PiS chairman Jarosaw Kaczyski who as prime minister initiated the idea of digging the Mierzeja also signed.The tube with the foundation act was embedded in the bridge abutment under construction.Two swing bridges will be built on the Spit above the canal which will enable continuous maintenance of car traffic regardless of the units flowing through the new waterway. From the beginning one of the assumptions was to ensure the priority of road traffic in the area of the navigation channel.As the Maritime Office in Gdynia reminded us the total length of the new waterway from the Bay of Gdask through the Vistula Lagoon to Elblg will be nearly 23 kilometers. The mere passage through the Vistula Lagoon will be just over 10 kilometers along the Elblg River - also over 10 kilometers and the remaining 2.5 km is a section consisting of a lock an external port and a parking stand. The channel will be 5 meters deep.The construction of the canal on the Vistula Spit should be completed in 2022 according to the schedule
