Full speed ahead

He also announced that from the EUR 91 (zł.351) billion designated for Poland from the EU budget for 2007-2003, EUR 20 (zł.77) billion will be spent on road investment. "We will build two-and-a-half times more motorways and five-and-a-half times more express roads twice as fast," said the Minister of Transport and Construction, Jerzy Polaczek. The Ministry announced that in 2013 Polish drivers will have 1,600km of motorway and 1,700km of express roads at their disposal. This year 174km of motorways and 21km of express roads will be completed.