On Friday afternoon, a meeting called “Central Airport – future and possibilities” was held at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister with the participation of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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The head of government announced during the conference that the mega airport, which until now was called the Central Communication Port, will change its name. From now on, it will be Port Polska.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk spoke during the conference. He referred to the name change. “We will no longer use the name that our predecessors disgraced,” he said.
Port Polska is to refer to all projects implemented by the CPK company – airports, railways and others.
Controversy surrounding the plot for the CPK
In recent weeks, CPK has been in the news due to the plot in Zabłotnia, which was supposed to be crucial for the mega airport's operations.
At the end of October, Wirtualna Polska reported that in 2023, shortly before PiS gave up power, the Ministry of Agriculture gave consent to the sale by KOWR to the vice-president of Dawtona, Piotr Wielgomas, of a plot of 160 ha, through which the high-speed rail line from Warsaw to the CPK airport is to run.
According to the portal, in 2023, but before the transaction, Dawton's company was visited by the then Minister of Agriculture, Robert Telus. Ultimately, the sale transaction was concluded on December 1, 2023, shortly before PiS returned to power. According to WP, the value of the plot could increase even several times, and soon it could cost up to PLN 400 million.
Henryk Smolarz, general director of KOWR, informed in November that the plot in Zabłotnia will be returned for the original purchase price, i.e. PLN 22.76 million. The Minister of Agriculture, Stefan Krajewski, said that two notifications had been sent to the prosecutor's office regarding irregularities in the sale of the plot.
The notarial deed, under which the plot returned to KOWR resources, was signed on Friday, December 12.
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The CPK is to be established by 2032.
As part of the Central Communication Port Program, the following will be built, among others: a central airport, located between Warsaw and Łódź, and a high-speed rail system.
According to the adopted schedule, the construction of the CPK Airport in the municipalities of Baranów, Wiskitki and Teresin is to begin in 2026.
In 2031, the airport is to obtain the necessary certifications, and in 2032 it is to be put into operation along with the first section of HSR in Poland: Warsaw – CPK – Łódź. The estimated investment cost until 2032 is PLN 131.7 billion.
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