Department of Roads and Motorways

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1. Department of Roads and Motorways deals with the matters related to:
1) the act on public roads;
2) the act on toll motorways and National Road Fund;
3) the act on special-purpose road companies;
4) the act on special rules for preparation and implementation of public road projects;
5) the act on financing land transport infrastructure in the field of public roads;
6) the act on concessions for construction works or services;
7) the road traffic act, as regards road traffic safety.

2. The Department executes the tasks of the minister for transport under the following provisions:
1) the construction law, as regards technical conditions that must be met by building structures and their location, technical conditions and use of building structures, and authorizations in case of derogations from technical and building provisions in the field of public roads;
2) the act on the income of local government units;
3) the law on environmental protection, regarding the areas of limited use;
4) the environmental protection act;
5) the act on the management of agricultural property of the State Treasury – regarding the acquisition of property of the State Treasury Agricultural Property Stock within the road area.

3) The Department conducts administrative proceedings within the competence of the minister for transport under the following provisions:
1) the road transport act, regarding exemption from fees in case of humanitarian aid and medical assistance or disaster relief;
2) the act on public roads, regarding exemption from fees in case of humanitarian aid and medical assistance or disaster relief.

4. The Department deals with the issues related to:
1) preparation and updating long-term programmes and annual plans, regarding national roads and monitoring their implementation;
2) road projects supported from the state budget;
3) cooperation with National Economy Bank, with regard to the National Road Fund;
4) funding from foreign sources dedicated national roads, including:
a) credit contracts for financing national roads,
b) cooperation with International Financial Institutions and commercial banks;
5) the certificates of de minimis aid for exemptions from national road tolls;
6) systems for electronic exchange and intelligent transport systems - regarding national roads;
7) investments implemented under public and private partnership;
8) cooperation with the Council for Motorways;
9) mixed commissions for construction of road connections, mixed commissions for construction and maintenance of cross-border bridges and working groups, under the bilateral and multilateral international agreements on transborder transport.

5. The Department contains the Secretariat of the National Road Safety Council, which is managed by a Secretary of the National Road Safety Council. The separate provisions determine the tasks and substantive subordination of the Secretariat.

6. The Department calls on behalf of the Minister to supervise:
1) General Director for National Roads and Motorways;
2) General Inspector of Road Transport, as regards control systems of toll collection on national roads;
3) Road and Bridge Research Institute in Warsaw.