Poland: tendering for Lodz's Western Ring-Road attracts 17 offers

The tender for Lodz's €372 million Western Ring-Road (Zachodnia Obwodnica Lodzi) has attracted 17 bidders, according to Polish media. Construction has been split into two parts: a 12.2km section between the Lodz-Lublinek junction and the Lodz Teofilow junction and a section of 16.3km section from Lodz Teofilow to Slowik, excluding the Emilia junction. Budimex has reportedly made the lowest offer in both contract contests. Polish media also reported that €530 million from the European Union’s Cohesi
February 10, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
The tender for Lodz's €372 million Western Ring-Road (Zachodnia Obwodnica Lodzi) has attracted 17 bidders, according to Polish media.

Construction has been split into two parts: a 12.2km section between the Lodz-Lublinek junction and the Lodz Teofilow junction and a section of 16.3km section from Lodz Teofilow to Slowik, excluding the Emilia junction.

3302 Budimex has reportedly made the lowest offer in both contract contests.

Polish media also reported that €530 million from the European Union’s Cohesion Fund will be invested in northern Poland’s roads. The first project will be a €463mn investment in the Gdansk-Elblag section of the DK7 national road on the Baltic-Adriatic section of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) that connects northern and southern Europe.

The second project, worth around €68 million involves renovating the section between Wyszków and Bialystok on the E67 part of the EN-T North Baltic Sea corridor, which connects the west to the north east of Europe.

In eastern Poland, the Program Polska Wschodnia will fund six road projects in worth more than €119 million. The projects will include both new roads and extensions of existing ones. Among the projects likely to be funded are the DW762 Kielce Poludnie-Checiny in Swietokrzyskie voivodeship, DK19 in Rzeszow, DW687 Kleosin-Markowszczyzna in Podlaskie and DW676 Bialystok-Suprasl.

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