Railroad employers call for immediate action

A group of industry organizations – Business Center Club, Federation of Polish Entrepreneurs, Railway Business Forum, Pro Kolej Foundation, Chamber of Commerce of Land Transport, Polish Association of Construction Employers – addressed Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki with a dramatic appeal for immediate action to start tenders by PKP PLK.

The Polish railways are suffering from the consequences of the conflict with the EU, which makes it impossible to adopt the National Reconstruction Plan and approve new operational programs for the 2021-2027 financial perspective. the beginning of the 2014-2020 perspective.

A year ago, after many appeals, tender plans were announced, covering several hundred tenders with a total value of PLN 17 billion. The announcements are not implemented and it is expected that the value of proceedings will reach only PLN 3 billion throughout the year. The situation of many companies, in particular producers of products for railway construction, is becoming dramatic.

"For years, the industry has been calling for the creation of flexible and reliable sources of financing railway investments, as is the case with roads. We do not understand and do not agree to treat the two basic types of transport infrastructure so differently. We expect real action from the government," the employers appealed.

(bizblog)