Road maintenance authority will spend mere zl.550 mn on road repair in 2001

The General Public Roads Authority (GDDP), the state entity responsible for national road and highway maintenance, this year will spend a meager zl.550 million on road repair, although it estimates as much as zl.2.35 billion would be necessary to improve just those roads that are most in need of repair. Despite an increase of 7% in road maintenance funding on 2000, the GDDP says that in order to stop further road deterioration, as much as zl.1.2 billion would have to be spent yearly for the next three years. Experts from the road building industry claim that revenues generated form excise tax on fuels should be enough to support the development and maintenance of Poland's roads. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 3) A.Z.