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STH is finally part of the TEN-T network. Solidarity Airport, central highway, and railway lines. There is also further EU support at stake.

STH is finally part of the TEN-T network. Solidarity Airport, central highway, and railway lines. There is also further EU support at stake.
photo: STH/ Twitter/STH is finally part of the TEN-T network. Solidarity Airport, central highway, and railway lines. There is also further EU support at stake.
23 / 01 / 2022

Based on the TEN-T regulation review, The Solidarity Transport Hub in Poland has just joined the TEN-T Network.EU investment priorities for the coming years include Solidarity Airport, the extension of the central highway to the north and the railway lines from Ostrołęka via Łomža to Giżycko, from the vicinity of Stalowa Wola to Rzeszów and from Milanów via Biała Podlaska to Siemiatycze. For the company Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) sp. z o.o. It opens up further opportunities to obtain EU funding for these projects.

As required, Member States should complete the core network using EU funds by 2030. The leading TEN-T network includes the Warsaw-Łódź-Poznań / Wrocław high-speed railway line, which is gets prepared by CPK (the so-called "Y" line). It is in line with the company's investment plans. According to EU plans, the Warsaw-Łódź-Poznań-Wrocław railway line is part of the European North Sea-Bastic transport corridor. In the company's investment plans, this is the track "spoke" No. 9.

"In the European Commission's opinion, the key investments within the STH Programme should constitute priorities for EU investment policy, and their implementation should become Poland's contribution to the European transport system. This is excellent news, which opens up the possibility for our company to apply for further EU funds successfully," Marcin Horała, the government plenipotentiary for STH, said.

The revision also includes "Spike" No. 7, the Katowice-Ostrava section via Jastrzębie Zdrój with almost 90,000 inhabitants, currently the largest city in Poland without access to the railway network. This Polish-Czech cross-border project will become part of the Baltic-Adriatic corridor. Brussels has also included it in the extended TEN-T core network.

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