Massive building program will bring roads up to EU standards by 2015
Under ambitious plans drawn up by the roads authority Generalna Dyrekcja
Drog Publicznych (GDDP), Poland's roads will be brought up to EU standards
by 2015, at a cost to the state of zl.71.4 billion. Within the framework of
the GDDP program, investment in building motorways will be zl.30.5 billion,
of which the central government will have to find zl.11 billion. In
addition, zl.18.5 billion will be spent on the construction of 1,500
kilometers of dual carriageways, and a further zl.8.2 billion will go on
building by-passes, strengthening bridges and improving safety. The total
cost of the whole program is estimated at zl.150 billion. (Puls Biznesu, p.
7) M.T.
