EIB agrees euro 140 million loan to improve road links with southern border

The European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide the Transportation Ministry with a euro 140 million loan for building and modernizing roads from Bielsko Biala in southern Poland to the border cities of Zwardon and Cieszyn. "The aim of revamping these routes will be to improve our road connections with the Czech Republic and Slovakia," said Transportation Minister Jerzy Widzyk. The total value of the investment is estimated at euro 200 million, with the additional funds coming from the budget and the EU's ISPA aid fund. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) T.J.