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Conference of the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Council of Ministers “Developing transport connections and infrastructure in the Region: A Gateway to Europe” 26 May 2017, Tallinn, Estonia

Jacek Włosowicz Senate of Poland Member of the Infrastructure Committee

Via Baltica: part

• f E67

Infrastructure and Transport System in the Baltic States

• Creating a coherent, modern transport network providing access to all EU

regions is a basic condition for enhancing the competitiveness of the European transport system.

• For the Central Europe region it is important to strengthen the transit function
• f international transport routes on the north-south axis, including the TEN-T

North Sea-Baltic core network corridor.

• The most important transport links between Poland and the Baltic States - Via

Baltica and Rail Baltica – which are also elements of this TEN-T core network corridor.

• Poland is consistently implementing investment projects in this corridor and

will continue to do so in the current EU financial perspective, as far as funds are available.

• Strategy for Responsible Development, a new midterm strategy for Poland,

recently adopted by the Polish Government, underlines the necessity of realization of TEN-T core network corridors, which will strengthen connectivity

• f all regions of the Union.

• The challenges for the North Sea-Baltic Sea corridor to meet the

requirements of the TEN-T baseline have been outlined in the work plan for this corridor.

• In December 2016 the work plan for this corridor was updated and its final

version was approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Construction.

• One of the key investments in North Sea – Baltic Corridor mentioned in this

work plan is Via Baltica which will be completed in Poland, in the standard express road, until 2022.

• The Polish side appreciates the efficient and very good cooperation with the

Lithuanian side at the preparation of the Expressway S61 section Ostrów Mazowiecka - Budzisko on the Polish side and the A5 Kaunas-Kalwaria road

• n the Lithuanian side being part of the Via Baltica.
• Among other things, thanks to this cooperation, the Polish application to the

CEF call for 2014 received a positive decision of the European Commission for the section Szczuczyn - state border.

North Sea – Baltic Corridor

• Helsinki - Tallinn - Ryga
• Windawa - Ryga
• Ryga - Kowno
• Kłajpeda - Kowno - Wilno
• Kowno - Warszawa
• State border BY - Warszawa -

Poznań - Frankfurt nad Odrą - Berlin - Hamburg

• Berlin - Magdeburg - Brunszwik -

Hanower

• Hanower - Brema -

Bremerhaven/Wilhelmshaven

• Hanower - Osnabrück - Hengelo -

Almelo - Deventer - Utrecht

• Utrecht - Amsterdam
• Utrecht - Rotterdam - Antwerpia
• Hanower - Kolonia – Antwerpia

Highway and Expressway forming part of the corridor in Poland:

 Highway A2,  Expressway S8/ S61 – Via Baltica.

Via Baltica: part of E67

• Warszawya - Ostrów Mazowiecka part
• f expressway S-8
• Ostrów Mazowieckado –Budzisko

(state border) part of expressway S- 61

Expressway S8

1) Section Marki – Radzymin

• Length of the section: 15,3 km
• Works on this section will finish this year

2) Section Wyszków – Ostrów Mazowiecka

• Length of the section: 29,1 km
• Works on this section will finish this year

Expressway S61

1) Section Ostrów Mazowiecka – Szczuczyn

• Length of the section: 91 km
• Years of implementation: 2017-2021

2) Section Szczuczyn - Augustów

• Length of the section: 67 km
• Years of implementation: 2016-2021

3) Augustów - byepass

• Length of the section: 26,3 km
• Finished in 2014

4) Suwałki - byepass

• Length of the section: 13,9 km
• under construction - works on this section

will finish in 2019

5) Section Suwałki - Budzisko

• Length of the section: 24 km
• Years of implementation: 2017- 06.2020