Poland: budget for local railways to be doubled

The budget for the government’s Railway Plus program, aimed to develop local rail connections, will be doubled to PLN 11 billion (EUR 2.37 billion), Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has said. Speaking in the south-eastern town of Janow Lubelski on April 20, Morawiecki said the Cabinet would approve the program later in the day. “It…

Estonia: speed limits increasing on bigger highways

The Transport Administration is increasing speed limits on state roads with separated driving directions. This year, the speed limit is being increased on four-lane and 2+1 roads with separated driving directions; the speed limit will remain unchanged at 90 km/h on two-lane roads. The speed limit on a 24-kilometer section of Tallinn-Tartu Highway between Kose…