Funding Poland's delayed highway projects

Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure is requesting that the country’s Ministry of Regional Development transfer EU grants worth some €10.66 billion. These funds had been set for use in specific road building projects, but the Ministry of Infrastructure wants to use the funds for other road schemes, preventing the money from being wasted where certain road projects are delayed. Major road projects would then be put on a list of those eligible for the EU funds.
May 14, 2012 Read time: 1 min
1470 Poland's Ministry of Infrastructure is requesting that the country’s Ministry of Regional Development transfer EU grants worth some €10.66 billion.

These funds had been set for use in specific road building projects, but the Ministry of Infrastructure wants to use the funds for other road schemes, preventing the money from being wasted where certain road projects are delayed.

Major road projects would then be put on a list of those eligible for the EU funds.

Poland currently has €12.1 billion allocated for specific motorway, dual carriageway and bypass building schemes under the EU Infrastructure and Environment programme, a number of which are subject to delays.

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