Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND Warsaw, June 2007

Cities hosting IRU Conferences: Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Cities hosting IRU Conferences: Irkutsk – 2001, Teheran – 2003, Beijing – 2005, Warsaw - 2007

Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Corridor II Warsaw Irkutsk E 20 E 30 POLAND Corridor III E 40 E 40 E 50 Beijing E 50 TRACECA Teheran Intercontinental rail routes connecting Poland with Central Asia and the Far East

Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Corridor I „Via Baltica” Corridor VI Central-European Transport Corridor Corridor IA ROADS Corridor II Euro-Asian Northern Axis Corridor II Euro-Asian Northern Axis Corridor III Euro-Asian Central Axis The Gdańsk – Odesa Corridor Central-European Transport Corridor Corridor III Euro-Asian Central Axis Corridor VI

Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Strengths of Poland in transcontinental transit: The following four Pan-European Transport Corridors (PETC), established by the Ministers of Transport of European countries in 1994 – 1997, run through the Polish territory: – PETC I: Helsinki – Tallin – Riga – Kaunas – Warszawa / Kaliningrad - Gdańsk; – PETC II: Berlin – Warszawa – Minsk – Moskva – Niżnij Novgorod; – PETC III: Dresden – Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków – Lviv – Kyiv; – PETC VI: Gdańsk – Warszawa – Katowice – Žilina - Brno.

Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Poland offers the shortest and most convenient road connection in the East – West axis, which can serve trade flows between Western Europe, the CIS countries and the Far East: - E 30: Cork – London – Den Haag – Berlin – Warszawa – Minsk – Moskva – Samara – Omsk, length of Polish section: 682 km (the A-2 motorway); - E 40: Callais – Bruxelles – Koln – Dresden – Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków – Lviv – Kyiv – Volgograd – Atyrau – Tashkent – Bishkek, length of Polish section: 756 km (the A-4/A-18 motorways);

Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Corridor II Corridor III

Motorways & expressways 2004 – 2020 Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Motorways & expressways 2004 – 2020

Strategic goals of the Polish transport policy Poland on the crossroads of transcontinental transport routes in the middle of Europe Strategic goals of the Polish transport policy until the year 2020: 1. Development of transit traffic in the East – West direction, therefore modernisation of the E 20 and E 30 rail lines within the 2007 – 2013 and 2014 – 2020 EU budgetary perspectives to the AGC and AGTC technical parameters are considered as a key aim. 2. Priority for the modernisation of the TEN-T network along with the PETCs II and III according to the Operational Programme „Infrastructure and Environment” for the years 2007 – 2013.

The Paneuropean Road Transport Corridor No The Paneuropean Road Transport Corridor No. II The A-2 motorway, existing section - Poznań by-pass.

The Paneuropean Transport Road Corridor No. III. Passage of the A-4 motorway through the Katowice agglomeration.

Thank you for your attention Thank you for your attention! Mr Jerzy Polaczek Minister of Transport Republic of Poland Warsaw, 14-15.06.2007