05.12.2022

Ełk Station helped a local charity

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Budimex employees implementing the railway contract in Ełk got involved in helping the local community and renovated the roof of the building of a charity organization – Occupational Therapy Workshops at the Catholic Association of the Disabled of the Ełk Diocese. As part of further support, the contract will also organize a Christmas Fair at the construction office.

The WTZ building in Ełk has been protected from cold and rain – Budimex volunteers have strengthened the roof, including the m.in. They replaced its covering. WTZ are the neighbours of the construction of the Ełk Railway Station – hence the high involvement of the general contractor in the life of the local charitable institution.

The organization’s charges spend time at the WTZ doing artistic, ceramic, modeling and technical work, as well as taking part in rehabilitation and music and theater classes. Therefore, as part of further cooperation, on December 15 this year. Budimex will organise a Christmas Fair, during which all the works of the foundation’s charges will be available for purchase.

The event will be open, and people who want to support the WTZ are welcome at the Budimex construction office at ul. Armii Krajowej 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The money collected during the fair will be used to purchase more art supplies at the WTZ – says Mikołaj Waśniewski, Contract Director at Budimex.

The modernization of the Ełk railway station has reached 40 percent. advancement. The scope of the investment includes the reconstruction of railway tracks with a total length of 38.3 km (in including 3.8 as an option) together with the subgrade and drainage as well as the Railway Control Devices at the Ełk Osobowy and Ełk Towarowy stations; Buildings 118  turnouts (including 2 as an option); construction of 5 platforms (including 2 options); a total of 2600m of edge (400m as an option) adapted to the needs of people with disabilities with full infrastructure; reconstruction of the overhead contact line and the network and lines with railway power equipment; construction of a control room building with new equipment at the Ełk station. On average, approx. 140 units of equipment and nearly 400 people. The value of the contract is nearly PLN 587 million.

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