Via Baltica will communicate Elk with large cities and significantly reduce travel time  m.in to Warsaw and Lithuania. The investment will benefit both entrepreneurs, who are already doing business in Elk, investors who are just investing with us their capital, as well as its inhabitants.

Voivode Warmia and Mazury on 23 September 2015 issued a decision to allow the implementation of (ZRID) for the 20 km section of the S61 expressway, i.e. Via Baltica from elk south node to the village of High. Plans for the construction of the Via expressway Baltica also provide for an inlet of up to 3.42 km, which will connect to the directly to the Ełcka ring road. Since the start of the work, the contractor has 29 months to during the winter periods (15 December - 15 March).

Construction expressway S61 – Via Baltica takes place on the section from the S-8 (Ostrów Mazowiecka) by Łomża – Stawiski – Szczuczyn – Ełk – Raczki – Suwałki up to Bautsk (Gr. State). Contracts for the construction of the Via Baltica cut-off section Szczuczyn – Ełk – Raczki was signed by GDDKiA in Elk in August 2018 R.

The Ełcki local government, together with parliamentarians and other local authorities, investment since 2007. At that time, the activities focused on determining the route of expressway 61 Via Baltica from Warsaw via Łomża, Ełk, Suwałki. In the second half of 2007, Resolution XIII/131/07 of the Elk City Council was also adopted on the express the position of the "Via Baltica" expressway.

A year later, on the initiative of the Mayor of the city, Tomasz Andrukiewicz, a meeting was held in Elk. It was attended m.in. parliamentarians – Members, senators, MEP Krzysztof Hołowczyc and representatives of our local governments of the province. A letter of intent was signed at that time on the route of the corridors through the Region of Warmia and Mazury. Since then, intensive efforts have begun and lobbying to improve communication infrastructure in our region. In October 2009, the Council of Ministers adopted a legal act which envisaged via Baltica via Łomża, Elk, Suwałki, i.e. m.in. in accordance with the opinions and proposals from local governments and parliamentarians in our region.

Excerpt from the position (letter of intent) adopted on 11 February 2008 in Elk:

"With a view to to compensate for the socio-economic disparities offered by the implementation of the through the Masuria area of two transport routes: the S61 expressway –"Via Baltica" and the rail route "Rail Baltica" - We, gathered at the conference in Ełku Members of the European Parliament, Members of the Sejm of the Republic Senators of the Republic of Poland and representatives of all levels of local governments of the Warmia and Mazury Region, we call for:

1.  The inclusion in the plans to build the so-called Pan-European Transport Corridor express way S61 - "Via Baltica" in the variant of the route running east part of the Warmia-Mazury region, i.e. by Ełk - Kalinowo - Cimochy - Suwałki - Budzisko, based on expert analysis and development.
2. Adoption within the framework of the modernisation of the international rail links of the "Rail Baltica" route in the existing transport route Bialystok - Elk- Olecko (with branching on Gołdap) - Suwałki - Trakiszki."
   

To coordination of all activities aimed at implementing both projects and the preparation of a timetable for the proceedings were then authorised: At the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Orzechowski, Marshal of the Jacek Protas and The Mayor of Elk, Tomasz Andrukiewicz.

Position this was submitted to the Prime Minister, the Ministers responsible for infrastructure and environment, Members and Senators and regional and local authorities to underline our unified position and take action to improve the meeting the indicated expectations