The Monitoring Committee of the Interreg NEXT Poland–Ukraine 2021-27 programme confirmed on 26 October the award of €57.6 million to six cross-border infrastructure projects. Four schemes will modernise regional roads near Augustów, Tomaszów Lubelski, Sokołów Podlaski and Krościenko to improve access to TEN-T corridors, while €11 million is earmarked for upgrading the Werchrata rail line and Lviv railway station.
The projects aim to cut average truck queue times at Polish-Ukrainian crossings by 30 % and to create alternative rail capacity for grain exports that currently bottleneck at Medyka. Construction is expected to start in Q2 2026, with Polish contractors obliged to meet EU green-procurement rules.
For multinational manufacturers relocating production from eastern Ukraine to southeastern Poland, the improvements promise more reliable just-in-time deliveries to Katowice and Kraków clusters. Relocation advisers also expect housing demand to rise in border counties as Ukrainian staff commute daily once roads are resurfaced.
The funding decision underlines Brussels’ strategy of using mobility infrastructure to anchor Ukraine closer to the EU single market while the accession process continues.
The projects aim to cut average truck queue times at Polish-Ukrainian crossings by 30 % and to create alternative rail capacity for grain exports that currently bottleneck at Medyka. Construction is expected to start in Q2 2026, with Polish contractors obliged to meet EU green-procurement rules.
For multinational manufacturers relocating production from eastern Ukraine to southeastern Poland, the improvements promise more reliable just-in-time deliveries to Katowice and Kraków clusters. Relocation advisers also expect housing demand to rise in border counties as Ukrainian staff commute daily once roads are resurfaced.
The funding decision underlines Brussels’ strategy of using mobility infrastructure to anchor Ukraine closer to the EU single market while the accession process continues.
