NEWS PRESS:
Bratislava (8 November 2016) – Operation of the Danube water transport will be more fluent
and without obstacles. The Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development
of the Slovak Republic gained an European grant for the reconstruction of the Gabčíkovo
hydraulic structure´s locks.
Minister of Transport, Construction and Regional Development, Arpád Érsek, has already signed
a grant agreement amounting to more than 122 million € from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
„I am convinced that it will be a meaningful use of the money, which makes this international
waterway more fluent and without delays. The locks modernization will mean an elimination
of persistent barrier and more than the standard operating parameters of the locks will be ensured
with safety and lasting reliability during their parallel use guaranteed“, said the Minister A. Ersék.
As he added: „This project is not the only one that we are preparing on the Danube. The Slovak Republic
will apply for additional European funds for water transport´s projects: whether it is improvement
of navigability on the Danube in Bratislava, or modernization of the fairway on the Hrušov reservoir“.
Within the project, a feasibility study, which is a prerequisite for funding through EU funds,
is currently being prepared. The study will define the work that must be done in context
of the modernization of the Gabčíkovo locks and it will ensure technical specifications of all
infrastructure components that will be modernized. Assumption of the beginning of building
renovations is in the middle of the next year and the work will be carried out during continuous
operation. Both locks should be modernized by the end of the 2020th.
The Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development is the beneficiary of the CEF grant.
The Waterborne Transport Development Agency and the Water Management Construction, state enterprise,
are implementing authorities.
Project budget: 144 665 000 EUR
Grant amount: 122 965 250 EUR (85 %)
Co-financing: 21 699 750 EUR (15 %)
Bratislava | 8.11. 2016
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We will modernize the Gabčíkovo locks thanks to EU funds
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Karolína Ducká
press speaker of Ministry of Transport,
Construction and Regional Development of SR
Námestie slobody 6, 810 05 Bratislava
mobile: + 421 905 620 189
e-mail: karolina.ducka@mindop.sk
