New road and bridge for Warsaw 

A new bridge has opened in Warsaw along with a new stretch of road making up part of the city’s southern beltway.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks at the launch of a new 15-km stretch of Warsaw's Southern Beltway on Tuesday.

Photo: Krystian Maj/KPRP

Launching the Polish capital’s new Southern Bridge at a ceremony on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the massive road project was one of the biggest in the country's modern history.

He added that the ring road was finally opening to traffic after being on the drawing board for decades.

The last section of Warsaw's Southern Beltway, comprising a 2-kilometer tunnel under the city’s Ursynów district, is scheduled to open in the first half of next year.

The entire project carries a price tag of around PLN 4.6 billion (EUR 1 billion, USD 1.25 billion), including almost PLN 1.7 billion in European Union funds, state news agency PAP reported.

💡 Łączny koszt budowy trzech odcinków #S2 stanowiących fragment Południowej Obwodnicy Warszawy to ok. 4,6 mld zł, z czego blisko 1,7 mld zł to wysokość dofinansowania ze środków Unii Europejskiej w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Infrastruktura i Środowisko. #funduszeUE 🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/wHeX4cnAfe

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Poland's Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk said earlier this year that more than 2,400 projects were in progress throughout the country to build and modernize roads despite the coronavirus pandemic, helping save some 1.5 million jobs in the process.

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Source: IAR, PAP, TVP Info