The city of Racibórz, Poland, has awarded the contract to develop the city's mechanical & biological waste treatment plant through a public private partnership (PPP) project to EMPOL.

The project was signed on 30 October 2014.

The new integrated municipal waste processing center will be developed on a design, build, finance and operate basis. The contract period is 20 years.

The total project investment is estimated at PLN15 million (US$4.7 million).

Racibórz is a city in southern Poland with up to 60,000 inhabitants situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Racibórz County.

We have recently about five PPP projects in Poland that are currently in tender stage:

• Skarżysko-Kamienna municipal waste PPP project,
• Krzywi? sewage treatment plant PPP project,
• Bobolice retirement home PPP project,
• Underground parking PPP project in Opole, and
• Wloclawek Road PPP project in Kujawsko-Pomorskie.

We also published recently that the Second deep-water berth at DCT Gda?sk container terminal achieved financial closure.