General Directorate for National Roads and Highways

Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad
Type	Government-owned company
Industry	Highway authority
Founded	1 April 2002
Headquarters	ul. Wronia 53; 00-874 Warszawa
Key people	Tomasz Żuchowski; (Chairman)
Owner	Government of Poland
Number of employees	4,487 (2017)
Website	gov.pl/gddkia

The General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (Polish: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad, GDDKiA) is the central authority of national administration set up to manage the national roads and implementation of the state budget in Poland. The GDDKiA was established on 1 April 2002[1] by the Polish Ministry of Transportation.

The directorate was formed by a consolidation of the:

General Directorate of Roads (Polish: Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Publicznych, est. 23 March 1951)
Public Agency for Construction and the Operations of Motorways (Polish: Agencja Budowy i Eksploatacji Autostrad, est. 8 June 1995).

The head of administration of the GDDKiA is the Director-General of National Roads and Motorways. The GDDKiA consists of 16 provincial branches and also the Regional Country Roads offices, which manage roads in their territories. In addition the Directorate-General of the History of Roads resides in Szczucin, and is responsible for preserving any road monuments.

The GDDKiA is the central government body responsible for national roads and also performs the duties of:

Participation in the implementation of road transport policy
Collection of data and information about the network of public roads
Supervising the preparation of road infrastructure for the defense of the nation
Issuing permits for a single journey, within a specified time and for a fixed route, of non-standard vehicles
Cooperating with other road administrations and international organizations
Cooperation with local governments for the development and maintenance of road infrastructure
Management of traffic on the national roads
Protection of road monuments
Performing the tasks associated with preparing and coordinating the construction and operation of paid motorways
Managing payment for transit in accordance with the provisions of paid highways and the National Fund for traffic.

References

Ustawa z dnia 1 marca 2002 r. o zmianach w organizacji i funkcjonowaniu centralnych organów administracji rządowej i jednostek im podporządkowanych oraz o zmianie niektórych ustaw. [The Act of March 1, 2002 on changes in the organization and operation of central government administration bodies and their subordinate units and on amendments to certain acts.], Dz. U. z 2002 r. Nr 25, poz. 253 (2002-03-01)

External links

Archived official website (in Polish and English)
Current official website (in Polish)

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[1] Ustawa z dnia 1 marca 2002 r. o zmianach w organizacji i funkcjonowaniu centralnych organów administracji rządowej i jednostek im podporządkowanych oraz o zmianie niektórych ustaw. [The Act of March 1, 2002 on changes in the organization and operation of central government administration bodies and their subordinate units and on amendments to certain acts.], Dz. U. z 2002 r. Nr 25, poz. 253 (2002-03-01)