Between 2007 and 2013, the Polish government plans to spend €30bn on implementing its road and motorway construction programme, Jerzy Polaczek, Poland’s transport minister, recently confirmed. The cash is to come from domestic sources, EU funds and international financial institutions.

Mr Polaczek said the funds will be used to implement a six-year programme and will pay for the construction of around 1,200km of motorway, 1,600km of express roads, and the modernisation of 1,000km of roads annually. By the end of 2013, the country should have a total of 1,800km of express roads, 1,729km of motorway, and 75% of all other national roads should have been upgraded.