Thanks to the excavation of the Vistula Spit, Poland will receive a waterway connecting the Vistula Lagoon to the Baltic Sea and separate from Russia.
In Poland, on September 17, a new water canal will open, which will connect the Vistula Lagoon with the Gdansk Lagoon, despite the fact that it has not yet been completed. Euractiv writes about it.
It was noted that the Vistula Spit canal should be opened on the anniversary of the Soviet attack on Poland in 1939 as a symbol of the country’s refusal to rely on Russia.
“Thanks to the excavation of the Vistula Spit, Poland will receive a waterway connecting the Vistula Lagoon to the Baltic Sea and independent of Russia. The canal will ensure Poland’s security and sovereignty,” the government said in a statement .
Ships will have access to all ports in the Vistula Lagoon and the port in Elbląg, and new development opportunities will open up for Elbląg, Warmia and the whole of Eastern Poland.
At the same time, experts warn that the opening of the unfinished waterway poses a risk to ships that use it. The organizers of the opening ceremony have already found the captain who will be the first to cross the channel, it is the barge Zodiak II.
The total length of the waterway from the Gulf of Gdansk through the Vistula Lagoon to Elbląg is about 23 km. The channel and the entire fairway will have a depth of 5 m.
The deepened channel ends 900 m from the port in Elbląg. This meant that it could make life easier for sailors, but no large ship could simply enter port. Warsaw authorities claim that the local government is responsible for the rest of the investment.
Earlier it was reported that in Poland, after five months of work, the construction of a five-meter-high fence on the border with Belarus was completed.
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