The aim of the paper is to answer the question: to what a degree the Polish metropolises have been already connected by modern systems of inland transport infrastructure (mutually with one another and with the immediate external surrounding centres), as well as finding out to what a degree they will be connected in the near future after accomplishing the now being realized investment plans. It is generally accepted that the polycentric structure of the Polish metropolises is based on the transport system built in the middle of 20th century. All the centers are linked by domestic roads and electrified railway lines. Simultaneously, however, there has not been developed a modern transport system connecting these centers with each other (such as motorways, expressways, high speed train network). This may present a potential threat to preserving a cohesive polycentric structure in the future. To add more, even the planned investments fail to optimally tie the metropolises together. According to the projects covering the period 2007-2013, this system is to remain noncohesive with a large number of missing links. If by the year 2013/2015 the basic network of motorways and expressways can be built, then the most challenging task of ensuring the cohesion of the country will be a development of the high speed railway network running along the new railway tracks. The target structure must involve network system linking the major metropolises (employing the currently existing Central Railway Line running from Warsaw to Katowice/Kraków, as the only one that can form a part of the future transport system). In addition to this, a new programme concerning the construction of motorways must be developed, which would seek to raise the standard of certain expressways (or just their fragments), as well involving the construction of a few completely new sections thus complementing „the missing links” of the whole transport system.
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