New Polish expressway project planned

A new dual carriageway will connect the towns of Legnica and Lubawka in southern Poland. Funding for the project is being supplied by the EU in the shape of a subsidy worth €440.85 million. The S3 dual carriageway project is important for southern Poland as Lubawka lies close to the border with the Czech Republic. Building this new dual carriageway will provide a new link between the two countries. In all the dual carriageway construction work is expected to cost €919 million, with the work due for completi

Austrian contractor Strabag will lead the consortium constructing a stretch of the S7 expressway in Poland. Strabag is teaming up with Heilit+Woerner for the project to build the Trasa Nowohucka section of the S7 linking Rybitwy and Igołomska and lying to the east of Kraków. Construction work is commencing in August/September 2014 and the contract is worth around €130 million. The consortium is handling the upgrading and construction work for some 18.6km of roads in all. The work includes widening a 4.5km l

Construction work on the planned tunnel for the Polish islands of Uznam and Wolin will commence in 2021. The islands lie on Poland’s Baltic Coast and this €184 million tunnel project is intended to improve transport connections in the area. The ferries used at present are ageing and are no longer able to cope adequately with the number of vehicles using the crossing. Up to 11,000 vehicles/day make the crossing during peak summer months, with around 2 million vehicles/year making the trip by ferry at present