Poland continues to intensively expand its road network. The situation has improved dramatically, as evidenced by the eightfold increase in the length of the expressway network since Poland joined the European Union. In parallel with the expansion of infrastructure, there has been a huge leap in the level of safety, and Poland has recorded a record-breaking 35% drop in the number of fatalities in road accidents in the European Union in recent years.
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What's next? The General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways plans to put into operation over 290 km of new roads in the next 12 months. This is what it is supposed to consist of 57.4 km of motorways, 178 km of expressways and 55 km of bypasses.
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Paweł Woźniak emphasized that these will include, among others: four sections of S6 with a total length of 62 km on the Słupsk – Bożepole Wielkie route. He explained that thanks to this, Pomerania will have a connection between Gdańsk and Szczecin along the coast.
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The roads planned for completion by GDDKiA also include: six sections of S19 with a total length of 79 km and the Pułtusk bypass DK61 with a length of 19.8 km.
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Moreover, according to Paweł Woźniak, the management plans to announce tenders for 260 km of new roads next year – these will include, among others: S19 Białystok Zachód – Deniski (three sections), S11 Kórnik – Jarocin and S11 Jarocin – Ostrów Wielkopolski. He added that from next year to 2030, GDDKiA plans to allocate PLN 20 billion annually for investments.
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Paweł Woźniak also announced that at the end of 2025, the expressway network in Poland will amount to 5,465.7 km, including 1,894.5 km of motorways and 3,571.2 km of expressways.
He recalled that in 2025, 390.4 km of new roads were put into operation and 23 contracts were concluded for 175.7 km – six contracts were expressways (47.5 km), and 17 – bypasses and a new national road to the future nuclear power plant (128.2 km). This road will connect the S6 route with the Lubiatowo-Kopalino power plant.
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“It was a special year in road investments. This year, we put into operation nearly 400 km of motorways, expressways and city bypasses. This is a very good result. A special element of this result is the month of December, in which approximately 200 km of roads were put into use,” said Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Stanisław Bukowiec.
“This is part of the investment strategy of the government, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways to constantly invest in Polish roads and expand the national road network,” Bukowiec added.
