The government wants to accelerate construction of major Polish roads by as many as four years. According to „Dziennik”, the Ministry of Transport is adjusting the investment programme for the years 2007-2015 to account for the date of the beginning of the football championships EURO 2012.

The modifications will be submitted for interministerial consultations in the forthcoming days – Dziennik writes.

The new plans assume that 700 km of new motorways and 1900 km of new express roads will be constructed by the end of 2011.

As a result the motorways network will have the total of 1900 km, and the total length of express roads will reach 3100 km. But this will cost a lot: still before beginning of EURO 2012 we will spend on roads more than PLN 100 billion out of PLN 131 billion planned for the forthcoming 8 years.

Which investments will be accelerated by roadmen? First of all construction of A-4 motorway. By the beginning of the championships it must be ready in its entirety. It will become the most important road corridor for EURO participants and fans, connecting Poland and Western Europe with the other host of the football matches - Ukraine.

Due to the above, as early as in 2011 drivers will have the possibility to ride from Krakow to Tarnów, and then to Rzeszów and on to the state border in Korczowa.

At the same time construction will be completed of S-7 road from Gdańsk to Warsaw and partly of S-5 road between Bydgoszcz, Poznań and Wrocław.

It is also planned to complete works on S-7 road between Radom and Jędrzejowo as well as Lubień and Rabka. The section from Warsaw to Radom will be ready earlier - in 2009.

Source: „Dziennik”, Adam Woźniak, „Motorways are accelerating”