Poland to launch tender for missing A1 road segment before holidays

Poland may launch a tender for the missing Częstochowa-Tuszyn segment of the A1 motorway before summer holidays, deputy Infrastructure and Construction Minister Jerzy Szmit said. “The tender is some 98-99 percent ready, so I expect it to be launched ahead of summer holidays,” he added. “There were different analyses, but eventually the segment will be built as part of the National Road Fund, that will accelerate the realization of the whole project,” Szmit explained. Earlier, the cost of building the 80 km stretch was estimated at PLN 3.6 billion. The segment was supposed to be built years ago as part of the public-private partnership, but companies which were supposed to build, failed to secure proper financing for the project, and it was postponed.