Katowice's new heart

Local authorities want to modernize the city center and need a complex vision of its development. Winning projects will be selected in September and according to Katowice's vice-president, Józef Kocurek: "The first results will be visible within the next five years."

Al. W Korfantego, is to undergo major changes as well as the area of ul. Chorzowska, Roździeńskiego, Sokolska, Matejki, Francuska and Bankowa.

The projects should present long-term projects for the center's transformation, proposed new investments and how to accomplish them, and take transport issues into consideration. Józef Kocurek says that the city will be trying to attract new investors to carry out some of the commercial projects, while other proposals will be funded from the city's budget.