GDDKiA upbeat about improvements to disastrous state of roads

The National Roads and Highways Authority (GDDKiA) has at its disposal a budget amounting to zl. 4.8 billion. It did not plan to have any income from vignettes in their annual plan and budget. The management argues that the way it repairs and maintains roads has considerably improved. For the first time in years GDDKiA appears to have impressed the media with good news. The pace at which roads are being improved, though still rather sluggish, did in fact increase. "A positive sign is the rise in the mileage of roads that are being repaired," read the report. In 2000 and 2001 600 km of roads were resurfaced, and in 2002 - 1,100 km. This can be ascribed to the fact that GDDKiA managed to receive zl. 1.2 billion for a three-year renovation plan from the European Investment Bank, and signed another agreement for zl. 1.5 billion. This years investments have been estimated at zl. 2.6 billion, which is zl. 700 million less than the previous year. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.C.