Poland eyes new shipping route

Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure is working on a plan to build a shipping route connecting the Vistula Lagoon and the Gdańsk Bay in the Baltic Sea, Puls Biznesu reports. The project is yet to be consulted before final approval The project, which would involve digging a channel across the Vistula Spit, could cost some PLN 878.24 million. It could be carried out in 2015-2022, the ministry said in reply to a query from the newspaper. The construction will be financed from Poland’s state budget, the ministry said. EU funds will in turn be employed to finance modernization at the port of Elbląg, which lies on the Vistula Lagoon.