On January 27, PKP Polish Railway Lines signed a contract of PLN 208 million (EUR 48 million) with a consortium formed by Track Tec Construction (leader), Infrakol, Leonhard Weiss, Intop Warszawa. Under the contract, the consortium will have to modernise 95 km railway line between Ostroleka, Siedlce, Czeremchą and Bialystok. In addition, the project involves the reconstruction of 40 rail – road crossings and 12 bridges and viaducts. Under the contract, the work will be completed in December this year.
The rail section is part of Sadowne – Bialystok route which is being developed under the Rail Baltica project. The first phase of this project will be implemented in 2017-2019, and the second is planned for 2019-2021. 
For Sadowne – Czyżew – Bialystok project,the European Investment Bank and PKP Polish Railway Lines signed a EUR 175 million loan in December 2016. The works on the Sadowne – Czyżew and Czyżew – Białystok sections will modernise 106 km of railway line. A new double-track bridge over the Bug River will be constructed and an extra track on the Prostyń Bug – Małkinia section will be added. This will eliminate the only single-track section currently in existence between Warsaw and Białystok and make the entire line between these two cities double-track.
The modernisation of all Rail Baltica sections from Warsaw to Bialystok will allow passenger trains to run at a speed of 160 km/h and shorten the travel time between the two cities from the current 2 hours 26 minutes to less than 2 hours.
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