The Supreme Administrative Court in Poland confirms environmental approval for the controversial deep-water container terminal project.
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The deep-water container terminal in Świnoujście is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Poland. It is scheduled to be completed by 2029 and will accommodate the largest transatlantic ships.
Opponents of the new container port in Świnoujście (Swinoujscie) have suffered another defeat in court. The Supreme Administrative Court in Poland has dismissed a lawsuit in its entirety, Poland's Vice Minister for Infrastructure, Arkadiusz Marchewka, told the PAP news agency. This was also confirmed by Rainer Sauerwein from the citizens' initiative Habitat Vorpommern, which he said had sued together with the municipality of Heringsdorf. The “Ostsee-Zeitung” had previously reported.
More than a year ago, a Polish court dismissed the lawsuit against the environmental permit for the project. Now it has also been rejected in a higher instance.
According to Marchewka, in the latest decision the court pointed out that the construction project was of great importance not only for the region and Poland, but also at the European level. “We’ll just carry on,” he said.
We are satisfied with the outcome of this procedure, said Krzysztof Sadowski, deputy chief executive officer for infrastructure at the port administration of Szczecin and Świnoujście. “The attempts to hinder this strategic investment project were unfounded.” With the legally binding environmental permit, the work will continue.
“There are still possible legal remedies, for example suing against the building permit,” said Sauerwein. “We don’t have the reasons for the judgment yet.” The lawsuit was also rejected because the project sponsors cited overriding public interest. He spoke of a paragraph that was being used in an inflationary manner to undermine environmental law. But the EU Commission agreed.
The construction of the deep-water container terminal in Świnoujście, not far from the German seaside resorts on Usedom, is one of the largest projects in the Polish maritime industry. According to previous information, the terminal should be completed by 2029. Including the associated infrastructure, the investment volume is in the billions. The port should be designed to handle the largest transatlantic ships with a length of up to 400 meters.
Sauerwein criticized that “a highly sensitive, nature-protected region” was affected. Large parts of the Baltic Sea, which is already in a poor ecological condition, would be dug up just to create the fairway. Accidents are also to be expected.
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