On 30 January 2007 President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński signed the Amendment to Telecommunications Law.

On 30 January 2007, President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński signed the Act on Special Purpose Road Companies (SSP). SSP will allow to efficiently build roads under supervision of General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA), and by way of Public Private Partnership (PPP).

The Ministry of Transport is going to refund 600 mln EUR for investments under Sectoral Operational Programme – Transport in 2007. The payment is much higher than required by EU law, ie 478.4 mln EUR so as not to return the funding to the European Commission.

“In 2007, 60km of expressways and motorways and 50km of town bypasses will be put to use, and 160km of national roads will be reconstructed and reinforced”, pronounced Minister of Transport on 26 January 2007 during his press conference in the Parliament. “To meet our objectives, we are going to spend 5.5 bln PLN”, added the Minister, presenting the premises of the National Road Fund Bill for 2007. “Besides, this year 620km of expressways and motorways, 40km of town bypasses and 480km of national roads will be reconstructed”, informed Jerzy Polaczek. “What is more, as in 2006, when 2093km of roads were modernised, 8-10% of all road network of 18,600km will be improved, he added.

The Ministry of Transport informs that on 1 January 2007 Ukraine became full member of International Insurance System “Green Card”, which includes 44 countries:

Establishment of central organ of governmental administration – President of the Office of Electronic Communications (OEC), preparations well under way for Amendment to Telecommunications Law, series of acts within telecommunications and post, and switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting of ground TV, and efforts to reduce telecommunications service costs born by state administration – these are main areas, which the Ministry of Transport focused on within the scope of “Telecommunications” in 2006.

Conclusion of the Contract for Construction of Motorway A1: Sośnica – Bełk section in the Silesian Voivodship is the starting point for next contracts which will be concluded in 2007. It is expected that 3 additional contracts will be concluded between General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDNRM) and road contractors for the rest motorway sections in the Silesian Voivodship by the end of this year. The contract hereabove is worth 800 mln PLN and will start at the beginning of March 2007.

In 2006, the Ministry of Transport worked on its basic programmes: Master Plan for Rail Transport till 2030, and Environmental Protection and Infrastructure Operational Programme: 2007-2013.

“In February 2007, long-awaited construction of Augustów Town Bypass is going to start. It will finish almost 13-year efforts to overcome legal and administrative barriers, blocking off the construction”, said Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Transport Barbara Kondrat during 2-day technical seminar Current issues of road construction in Białowieża. “I am glad that our endeavours in this area have been understood and approved by the scientific circles of Podlasie Voivodship”, added the Undersecretary.