Poland will spend over 100 billion zlotys(more than 30 billion U.S.dollars) on the construction of new highways and motorways by 2013, announced Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz on Thursday.
Marcinkiewicz noted that of the European Union's 91 billion euros earmarked for Poland in the 2007-2013 period, some 20 billion will be destined for new roads, which will be constructed mostly by the General Board of Roads and Motorways, an administrative body using state budget funds.
The Polish Minister of Transport and Construction, Jerzy Polaczek, said that this system had proved to be cheaper and more efficient.
The funds will enable the construction of three motorways (A1, A2 and A4), and three expressways (S3,S8 and S19) stretching throughout the country.
According to project plans, by the end of 2009, the northern and southern sections of the A1 motorway will be ready, and most of the A4 motorway will have been completed.
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