Jędrzejowo bypass gets go ahead despite local protests

Domestic Roads and Highways Authority (GDDKiA), signed a contract, valued at around zł. 50 million, for the construction of the Jędrzejowo bypass on the road between Warsaw and Kraków. The contractor will be a consortium comprising Kielce-based ŚPRD Trakt, Łódź-based ŁM and Mikołów-based ŚPRD. "Half of the money for the investment was provided from the World Bank, while the rest will be financed from the state budget," said Ewa Sayor, deputy chief of the Kielce branch of GDDKiA. The work will begin in August and last until the end of 2004, over which period the companies will build a 5.8 kilometer two-lane road. The tender was already announced in 2000, but the investment was put on hold because of protests made by landowners who reside near the planned road. The Supreme Administrative Court (NSA), however, decided last week that the investment was legal and should be carried out. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) M.M.