Many railway investments are underway in Lower Silesia. You have been rebuilding railway lines in the region, including the line to Karpacz, where the Economic Forum is held. Is a small railway revolution taking place?

And to Srebrna Góra, and to Lądek-Zdrój, and to Stronie, Lwówek Śląski, Iława, and Łagiewniki. The list goes on and on. I think it's quite a revolution. So far, a total of about 100 km of new and revitalised railway lines have been rebuilt in Lower Silesia, including Karpacz. Our ambitions for this term of office are, colloquially speaking, to reach 280 km. I am sure that there is no other province that is rebuilding its railway connections at such a rapid pace, on the one hand rebuilding tracks and on the other investing millions of PLN in modern 21st-century rolling stock.

What about road investments? The A4 motorway is being extended, and the expressway S8 Wrocław–Kłodzko is also under construction.

I could focus solely on provincial roads, which we have the second largest number after Mazovia as far as regions are concerned. We have recently launched the ‘Lower Silesia on the right path’ programme. It assumes combining road works into larger sections, also between districts. These are comprehensive repairs of long sections of provincial roads, carried out across several districts. You asked about national roads. I had the pleasure of serving as Deputy Minister of Infrastructure responsible for roads, admittedly only for a short time, six months before I became the Marshal, but it is something that has remained important to me. I watch over this issue and want things to go well in Lower Silesia in this regard. I spent the first half of the day at the Economic Forum in Karpacz with Dariusz Klimczak, Minister of Infrastructure, and Deputy Minister Stanisław Bukowiec. We talked, for example, about road investments, about the A4 motorway from Kostomłoty westwards. I mean the extension by one lane. This is required by the traffic on this section. On the A4 it is already so heavy that a third lane is the absolute minimum. We want the route to follow the new S8 route when passing by Wrocław. This means three additional lanes in one direction, on the new route. Permits are being issued one by one, and tenders for sections to Bardo and Kłodzko are being awarded. Recently, a tender procedure was announced after four years of no documentation work on this section. Last week, the Wrocław branch of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways announced a tender procedure for the preparation of documentation for a technical, economic and environmental study.

You mentioned Wrocław, where a major investment in the field of health is underway. It is a new oncology hospital, which is to be one of the most modern facilities of its kind in the country.

It is the largest and most modern hospital of its kind in Poland. I do not think there is another investment of this kind in the country. We estimate its value today at PLN 1.1 billion. Ultimately, together with the equipment, it may be PLN 1.5 billion.

Is this project co-financed by the European Union?

PLN 550 million comes from the Ministry of Health, which is half of the total construction cost, and the other half is contributed by the self-government of the province. This is a major and groundbreaking undertaking. The project is four months ahead of schedule, so the pace is excellent. To be honest, this is an investment prepared and initiated by my predecessor, Marshal Cezary Przybylski. We continue it, and try to speed up the pace. We continue it, and try to speed up the pace. We know that this is a positive development for oncology in Lower Silesia and other regions. It is also important for neighbouring provinces.

And how is the reconstruction after the 2024 flood going?

Slowly. Already in the first week after the flood, I said clearly that you cannot expect spectacular results. It takes time, documentation, natural processes, such as the drying out of the flooded buildings, before they can be rebuilt, renovated and plastered. It is going to take time, but the pace is good. I am pleased with the activity of self-governments, provincial administrations and individual ministries. Things are happening, but we need to look at this process realistically. It will also be a huge effort for Polish Waters in terms of the riverbeds of the Biała Lądecka and Nysa Kłodzka rivers. Anyone who has been involved in infrastructure projects knows how long it takes. It also requires a huge commitment from construction companies. It simply has to be done at its own pace. Everyone works very diligently to deal with the effects of the flood.