Work on Berlin-Warsaw highway to begin next month

Deputy president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Wolfgang Roth yesterday described the construction of a highway linking Berlin and Warsaw as currently the most important investment supporting the integration of the transport network in the future expanded European Union (EU). Roth said that work on the project should begin in March. However, he refused to say when construction will be completed. EIB credits will finance 40% of the total investment. Already a euro 275 million contract for the construction of the Nowy Tomysl to Konin section and a euro 130 million contract for the construction of the Poznan bypass have been agreed. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) A.Z.