New highway projects rolling in
Last week the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) signed a deal with the Ministry of Infrastructure on financing the construction of three new road projects as a part of the Sectoral Operational Program - Transport (SOPT).
SOPT is one of seven operational programs implementing the Community Support Framework (CSF) for 2004 to 2006. The program should be considered jointly with the transport part of the programming document for the Cohesion Fund. They both cover establishing priorities, goals and allocation of funds for development of the transport sector in Poland.
The project involves three operations: reconstructing national road number seven; building a section of national road number 10; and constructing the A-6 motorway. These three undertakings will be financed with the aid of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the National Roads Fund. Their total value is zł.500 million, of which zł.320 million will be granted by the EU.
So far two deals have been signed on financing road construction from the ERDF. They included the reconstruction of the numbers three and 68 national roads. The EU grant for this was zł.50 million, which was two thirds of the investment's total value.
By the end of 2008 Poland can use more than zł.1.5 billion granted by SOPT. The Minister of Infrastructure has already taken the decision to finance road projects at a total cost of zł.675 million.
The Polish road network is also backed by the Cohesion Fund. Poland has just used all of its aid for 2004-2006 by making decisions on financing five big road projects, namely building the A-1, A-2, A-4 motorways, the express road S-8, and the national road number two.
SOPT is one of seven operational programs implementing the Community Support Framework (CSF) for 2004 to 2006. The program should be considered jointly with the transport part of the programming document for the Cohesion Fund. They both cover establishing priorities, goals and allocation of funds for development of the transport sector in Poland.
The project involves three operations: reconstructing national road number seven; building a section of national road number 10; and constructing the A-6 motorway. These three undertakings will be financed with the aid of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the National Roads Fund. Their total value is zł.500 million, of which zł.320 million will be granted by the EU.
So far two deals have been signed on financing road construction from the ERDF. They included the reconstruction of the numbers three and 68 national roads. The EU grant for this was zł.50 million, which was two thirds of the investment's total value.
By the end of 2008 Poland can use more than zł.1.5 billion granted by SOPT. The Minister of Infrastructure has already taken the decision to finance road projects at a total cost of zł.675 million.
The Polish road network is also backed by the Cohesion Fund. Poland has just used all of its aid for 2004-2006 by making decisions on financing five big road projects, namely building the A-1, A-2, A-4 motorways, the express road S-8, and the national road number two.
