Regional and National Operational Programs as an Important Source of Funding for Transport Policy in Poland in 2004-2006 and 2007-2013. Analysis of Completed Projects and Projects in Progress

Abstract

The following article summarizes the investments made in the area of transport policy in Poland over the past 15 years. Within such a typology 3679 projects implemented in 2004- 2006 and 2007-2013 have been analyzed. Time periods were adopted according to the duration terms of the last two financial perspectives. In 2004-2006, 738 projects were completed with a total value of approx. 28.5 billion PLN, of which the amount of funding from the EU amounted to approx. 18 billion PLN. In 2007-2013 2945 projects were contracted for the implementation, of which 2549 that were due to September 2015 have already been completed. 396 projects are still in the implementation phase. In September 2015 the activities contracted for the transport policy were estimated at approx. 241.48 billion PLN value of total investment, including 136.86 billion from grants from the European Union. The total value of all the 3679 projects is approx. 270 billion PLN, of which the value of subsidies from the EU represents approx. 155 billion PLN, the value of subsidies from the state budget is approx. 27 billion PLN, and beneficiaries own contribution is approx. 88 billion PLN.