„This new terminal for passengers at Katowice Pyrzowice Airport is the Silesian window on the world. It is also a symbol of dynamic growth in air traffic in Poland”, said Minister of Transport Jerzy Polaczek during the opening ceremony on 30 July 2007.

„Among the Polish – Lithuanian railway carriage initiatives, it is our priority to restore the direct railway connection Warsaw – Vilnus, which is so much desired by our capital cities. Today’s ceremony, which is to be commemorated by a memorial, here, at the station of Mockava, is a symbolic, wider opening of the gates, and opening of a new era as well, in which railway journeys between neighbours take place without limits of technical and legal nature”, said Secretary of State in the Ministry of Transport Bogusław Kowalski on 23 July 2007 at the station of Mockava during the opening ceremony when the plaque was unveiled to commemorate Rail Baltica modernisation.

On 24 July 2007, the Council of Ministers adopted the draft amendment of the Aviation Law, submitted by the Minister of Transport.

It is reminded that Minister of Transport Jerzy Polaczek has initiated a series of actions that are oriented to decidedly improve safety in road transport. The Ministry has crafted the following amendments, including those concerning drivers:

On 23-24 July 2007, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Transport (Poland) Bogusław Kowalski and Minister of Transport and Communication Algirdas Butkevičius (Lithuania) visited Railway Line E75 Rail Baltica and road route Via Baltica, i.e. transport routes included in TransEuropean Corridor No. 1 that connect Poland and Lithuania.

On 23-24 July 2007, there was a session of the Polish – Belarussian Mixed Commission for International Road Carriages in Kiermusy near Białystok. The Polish representantives came from the Ministry of Transport, Road Transport Inspection, Office for International Transport Servicing and social circles, i.e. road carriers’ associations.

On 23 July 2007, during his press conference, Minister of Transport Jerzy Polaczek offered his condolences with the families on the victims of the bus accident near Grenoble in France, and appealed to journalists to make serious reports on the disaster. Minister Jerzy Polaczek, who, along with President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński, was present on the place of the accident, informed about what was done by the French rescue service. The injured have been taken after by medical service and psychological support.

On 18 July 2007, Warsaw Airport Okęcie was visited by two government members: Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Transport Eugeniusz Wróbel and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior and Administration Wiesław Tarka. Both Undersecretaries, accompanied by the Masovian Voivod Marek Martynowski, PPL directors, Border Guards officers and new terminal contractor representatives, inspected the adaptation works of passenger terminals to the Schengen requirements.

As reported by the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDKKiA), under the Ordinance of the Minister of Infrastructure of 18 August 2003 on periodic restrictions and traffic ban on some vehicles on roads (Official Journal No. 161, item 1565) from 20 July 2007 the ban on vehicles and vehicle units with permissible total weight of more than 12 tonnes within the following voivodships: Lubelskie, Malopolskie, Podkarpackie, Slaskie, Swietokrzyskie is not in force.
GDDKiA also informs that if any ban is announced to improve road transport conditions, traffic will not be stopped on selected national roads because of high temperatures.