Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area

ul. Długi Targ 39/40
80–830 Gdańsk
tel. + 48 58 526 81 42
e-mail: biuro@metropoliagdansk.pl


metropoliagdansk.pl

Primary METREX contacts

Michał Glaser
CEO
dr hab. Jakub Szlachetko
Development Coordinator

About Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area

About the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area (MAGGS) This self-government association was established on October 15, 2011 at the initiative of the mayor of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz. It currently brings together 61 cities, communes and counties, covering 1/3 of the Pomerania region in northern Poland, inhabited by over 1.6 million people. The main goal of the MAGGS is to develop the Tri-City metropolis so that it becomes an increasingly better place to live, work, study, and raise children, a magnet for investors. The association focuses on the best possible use of the region's potential, as well as cooperation with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and social organizations. Since 2015, it has participated in the implementation of investments co-financed by the European Union, completing the implementation of 179 projects, the value of which exceeded PLN 2 billion, including EU funding of PLN 1.12 billion. These funds were used to build 24 transfer hubs, renovate over 200 public buildings and over 700 households, revitalize 13 districts in 8 cities, build two new geriatric hospitals, establish social enterprises, and assist almost 18,000 unemployed people and those at risk of poverty and exclusion. Additionally, as part of 23 projects from the national program, buses, trams, and trolleybuses were purchased, new tram lines were built, and heating networks worth PLN 1.3 billion were built and modernized, with EU funding of PLN 614 million. Building a better place to live, MAGGS plans to implement new investments and projects co-financed from the European Union budget for 2021-2027 in the near future, in the amount of nearly PLN 1.3 billion.

Key documents

Major projects

  • Supra-local Development Strategy until 2030

    The Supra-Local Development Strategy of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area until 2030 is the most important document defining the vision and development goals of the metropolis in Pomerania for the coming years. The document defines 4 strategic goals, which concern climate, spatial development, transport, economy, society and efficient management and cooperation. The directions of action defined in the strategy are to contribute to better integration of the communes and counties surrounding the Tri-City with the core of the metropolis, so that residents gain good access to public services and development opportunities. The adoption of the document allows local governments associated with MAGGS to apply for European funds in the amount of almost PLN 1.3 billion.

    More information: https://www.metropoliagdansk.pl/strategia-rozwoju-ponadlokalnego

  • European Funds for MAGGS

    From the European Union budget for 2021-2027, the local governments of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolis will implement 119 investments and projects. Over PLN 780 million from the regional program European Funds for Pomerania will be allocated for this purpose. The projects will be implemented in 46 metropolitan communes and counties as part of Integrated Territorial Investments. The money will be allocated, among others, for the construction and reconstruction of integration nodes, psychotherapeutic support for children and youth, thermal modernization of almost 100 schools, kindergartens, and municipal buildings, expansion of green areas, day care centers, community centers and clubs for seniors, and support for immigrants.

    Additionally, in the new EU perspective 2021-2027, MAGGS will implement a package of 6 transport projects as part of the national program European Funds for Infrastructure Climate and Environment. Thanks to funding of PLN 450 million, a new tram line, bus lanes, bicycle paths and integration hubs will be built.

    More information: https://www.metropoliagdansk.pl/zit-21-27/

  • MEVO Metropolitan Bike System

    This is one of the key projects of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area. MEVO is the most modern public bike system in Poland. It operates in 16 cities and municipalities of the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolis: Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot, Tczew, Rumia, Pruszcz Gdański, Reda, Kartuzy, Puck, Władysławowo, Sierakowice, Żukowo, Somonino, Stężyca, Kosakowo and Kolbudy. Users have access to over 4 thousand bikes – 3 thousand electric-assisted bikes and 1,000 classic ones. In the area of ​​operation of the MEVO System, there are 747 parking stations, 51 battery charging points, and 17 service points. MEVO bikes can be rented not only via the mobile application but also using a library card or a resident card. The MEVO system was launched in November 2023. So far, it has been used by 400,000 users who have made 3 million trips covering over 10 million kilometers.

    More information: https://rowermevo.pl/en