The Borough's assets:
- geographical location and transport facilities
- Wałbrzych Special Economical Zone
- National and local incentives for investors
- Availability of labour force
- Higher education institutions
- Tourist attractions of the town and surroundings
- Highly-developed technical infrastructure.
Development directions, as set forth in the Walbrzych
Development Strategy:
- Development of industry and services - clean,
environmentally-friendly technologies
- Development of tourist and recreational facilities in the town
and its neighbourhood
- Development of education and culture
Sources of energy
PEC plc is the main energy provider in the
town. Generally, in the town more than 350 local boiler houses are
active. The biggest ones operated by PEC are:
- Central boiler house C-3 - power of 98,0
MW
- Estate boiler house C-1 - power of 15.2 MW
- Boiler House C-4 - power of 5.2 MW
- Apart from these, the PEC runs 40 boiler
houses of the total power of 7,782 MW
The total length of the heating network -
about 49 km., of which 29.3 km managed by PEC. For many years now,
the Borough of Wałbrzych has been introducing changes to the
traditional heating systems, turning them into more
environmentally friendly ones.
Gas supply
- The gas-supply network in Wałbrzych (total
length: 283.2 km.) is managed by Gas Works.
- The gas is delivered by means of a low and
medium pressure network.
- There are 24 reduction and measurement
stations of 2nd degree and 3 of 1st degree.
Water supply
- Wałbrzych is supplied in water from deep
intakes located in Marciszów Dolny and Górny, Gorzeszów and
Unisław Śląski.
- Total length of plumbing – 212,7km.
- Level of access to network - 99%
- Annual consumption – 5,76 million cubic
metres
- Plumbing efficiency (for the entire
enterprise) - 81 thousand cubic metres per day
Sanitary sewage
system
- Total length of network - 150 km.
- Number of sewage treatment plants - 3
- Sewage treatment plants efficiency –
54.400 cubic metres/day
- Plumbing is managed by Wałbrzyskie Przedsiębiorstwo
Wodociągów i Kanalizacji Sp. z o.o.
Storm water drainage
- Total length of network - about 163
kilometres, on which are situated about 6000 inspection chambers.
- About 70% of the network was built before
1945.
- The drainage is maintained by Board of Roads
and Transportation.
Landfill sites
- Municipal landfill at Beethovena Street,
- Industrial landfill at Górnicza Street,
- Municipal landfil at Stacyjna Street - in
reclamation,
- Municipal rubble site at Świdnicka street -
in reclamation.
Transport
Public transport services within town
boundaries are provided by Miejskie Przedsiębiorswo Komunikacyjne (MPK)
Ltd., DLA Ltd. and several private operators - within town
boundaries and on lines connecting Wałbrzych with suburban areas.
Long-distance transport and haulage is
provided by PPKS, PKP, as well as by private operators.
Municipal infrastructural
investments
The Borough of Wałbrzych is carrying out
infrastructural investments for the benefit of the town population
and also in order to improve investment conditions in the town. Wałbrzych
is one of the boroughs in Poland, which carry out their investments
with the support of two largest European pre-accession programmes -
Phare and ISPA. The Town Council also develops projects for the
European Union Structural Funds.
Major
infrastructural investments is carried out in Wałbrzych:
- Wałbrzych ringroad
- Infrastructural fittings of Wałbrzych
Special Economic Zone,
- Building the sanitary plumbing collector
in Śródmieście,
- Sanitary plumbing construction within town
boundaries,
- Economic activation of Poniatów area,
- Sewage in Rusinowa and Kozice,
- Pumping collector and sanitary network -
Lubiechów,
- Fittings of estate Konradów,
- Reclamation of the landfill at Stacyjna
Street,
- Investments in Książ Castle park and
palace complex,
- Building the "D"-segment in
primary school No. 26.
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