EIB PLANS MAJOR LOAN TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON POLAND’S DANGEROUS ROADS
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Euro 130 million to Poland's Ministry of Infrastructure to fund traffic calming installations within Polish cities, where urban driving is amongst the most dangerous in Europe. An EIB note said Polish roads "have among the highest accident rates in the EU, with more than 50,000 accidents a year." The money would fund half of the cost of a Polish programme to make its city roads safer, which is being organised by Poland's National Road Safety Council in cooperation with local ...
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