As a result of lagging bureaucracy, Poland’s National Directorate of Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) may not be able to deploy the full amount of PLN 17.7bn it had access to for investments into the country’s roads, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports. It suggests that this is the effect of all public tenders recently canceled by GDDKiA, worth nearly PLN 30bn. The newspaper claims that as of today, GDDKiA still has PLN 5bn to spend on the country’s roads, out of PLN 17.7bn intended to improve Poland’s infrastructure system. GDDKiA explains that it has until the end of the year to invest the entire amount, but admits, this might be challenging. “Less money is bad news for contractors,” said Barbara Dzieciuchowicz, president of the Economic Chamber of National Roads. “It’s another bad year for the Polish road construction market… as the potential of the sector hasn’t been fully used.“We haven’t been able to use all funds from 2016 plan due to the lagging tender procedures,,” claims Jan Krynicki, spokesman for GDDKiA, blaming new regulations governing public tenders.
