Better late than never – Release of environmental consent for the Augustow bypass confirms that the Rospuda Valley is safe
On December 29, the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Bialystok, Poland released the environmental consent for the Augustow bypass. The consent confirms that the road, part of the new Via Baltica corridor, will bypass the Augustow Primeval Forest Natura 2000 site and the magnificent Rospuda Valley. This news should finally bring an end to a long-running saga that has seen (...) »
Via Baltica - Another landmark victory for Poland’s nature, environmentalists remain vigilant
20 October 2009 - Warsaw / Brussels — Today’s decision by the Polish Council of Ministers on a new routing for the Via Baltica expressway [1] has been welcomed by campaigners from CEE Bankwatch Network, BirdLife International, OTOP - BirdLife Poland and other environmental groups as major (...) »
Campaigners hail major victory as Polish government announces the saving of Rospuda Valley
Robert Cyglicki, Polish national coordinator for Bankwatch, said: “We are delighted that the Polish government has finally seen sense and that this case has come to a satisfactory conclusion. All the same, it is deeply regretable that we have lost two years and that people living in the town of (...) »