Infrastructure
Wa is changing
fot. Zbigniew Panów, pzstudio.pl
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arsaw is changing – for its residents and thanks to its residents. The common goal of the investment projects undertaken in recent years in many spheres was to raise the quality and standard of life. We give preference to the parallel development of all areas in which the city functions so as to make life in the city easier and to ensure that it is a good place for one’s family, personal development and for pursuing one’s plans and aspirations. The biggest share of the money that the capital city has at its disposal is earmarked for the development of public transport. An efficient urban transport system is extremely important for such a large city as Warsaw. This is why the city is going to spend on this purpose over PLN11 billion under its Multiannual Financial Projection until 2022. The biggest investment project will still be the extension of the second metro line, which links districts located on the right and left bank of the Vistula river. The construction of the central section of the line has already been completed. Now, the line will be extended in both directions. The western section will have five and the eastern section six stations. Additionally, we are going to build 30 park-and-ride facilities in
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the metropolitan area, expand the tramway network and buy new trams, buses and trains. The urban bicycle rental schemes will also be developed, in keeping with the city’s strategy for the sustainable development of the transport system. Under the strategy, bicycles are regarded as an important means of transport, on a par with other means. Another 200 kilometres of new segregated cycle facilities, and 40 kilometres of lanes and contraflow lanes will be added to the existing bicycle infrastructure, which is being expanded. Over PLN230 million is to be spent on bicycle infrastructure projects. In recent years the city has spent more than PLN5 billion on road-building projects. The goal set when planning them was to build new connections between the city’s districts to reduce traffic in the centre of the city, remove bottlenecks, raise traffic capacity and improve the standard of infrastructure. Equally important is building a good system of roads connecting the urban transport network with the S2 and S8 expressways and, through these expressways, with the national motorway network. This process will continue. We have money set aside for the construction of Warsaw’s inner ring road and Świętokrzyska Expressway, the modernization of the Marsa-Żołnierska route and Krasińskiego Expressway