EU funds for the S3 Express Road (Legnica to the Polish/Czech border)
16.1.2014
Question for written answer E-000409-14
to the Commission
Rule 117
Bogusław Liberadzki (S&D)
At the beginning of December 2013, the Polish Government decided to reallocate the funding to the sum of PLN 4 billion earmarked for the road link between Legnica and the Polish/Czech border (the S3 Express road) in order to construct an additional section of the Warsaw bypass.
One of the main arguments of the Polish Government was that the Czech Republic had not constructed its part of the road on the Czech side of the border. However, in the first quarter of 2014, a 50-km stretch of this road connecting the Czech Republic with Poland will be put out to tender by the Czech Republic.
Taking into account that the EU’s transport policy focuses on prioritising co-financing of cross-border projects, how can such a shift of EU funds from an international to a national project be justified?
Is the Commission aware of this development concerning the S3 Express Road?
What measures are being taken by the Commission to ensure that the Polish Government invests in the S3 Express Road between Legnica and the Czech border?
OJ C 286, 27/08/2014