Poland has no plans to hike fuel fee

Infrastructure and Construction Minister Andrzej Adamczyk has denied claims that Poland is mulling over raising the fuel fee to finance road construction, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported. "Neither the government nor the Infrastructure Ministry have been planning . . . to introduce changes in fuel fees," Adamczyk said. "I deny that the government was ever preparing to increase the fuel fee." On Thursday, deputy Infrastructure and Construction Minister Jerzy Szmit said that Poland is "analyzing the consequences of hiking the fuel fee as this might be a serious source of revenue to  finance the  road construction fund." The ministry assessed that the increase could bring in PLN 20-40 billion over the next 10 years.