ECO BEACH - the creation of a water recreation centre offering comprehensive, innovative and environmentally-friendly products and services

Project facts

Project promoter:
Krzysztof Lickiewicz(PL)
Project Number:
PL-INNOVATION-0182
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€473,883

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Description

Krzysztof Lickiewicz has been present in the real estate industry for almost 20 years. When creating the company’s development strategy, we identified a niche pertaining to recreation and leisure in Giżycko on Lake Niegocin on the Great Masurian Lakes trail. The niche results from tourism not making full use of the natural environmental potential of the Niegocin Canal area, and the lack of tourist services following pro-environmental trends. The project therefore focuses on creating a comprehensive and ecological tourist center “EKO PLAŻA” (Eco Beach in English) by Lake Niegocin. The project also promotes the heritage of the sailing culture and increases the safety of the country’s sailing route abased on efficient and sustainable use of local natural resources, including the revitalization of the shore of Lake Niegocin.

The investment comprises: development work to make the water equipment rental facility energetically self-sufficient; strengthening the dyke; constructing a pedestrian walkway, a terrace at the restaurant, a wooden technical building, toilets and changing rooms accessible to people with disabilities; dredging the water body; creating a swimming area and beach; placing concrete pontoons to form the breakwater of the swimming area; installing lighting on piers; constructing a playground; and purchasing water equipment for the rental facility. We also want to create the following educational routes: ”Become a young sailor – knots and moorings”, “Hydrotechnical structures in the Land of the Great Masurian Lakes”, and “From glaciation to now – 10,000 years of Masuria”.

The project brings environmental value as it reduces annual electricity consumption by 0.02 GWh, and waste by 63 tons (including 45 tons of waste collected from yachts) and annual CO2 emissions by 16 tons approximately.

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