13/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 13 May, the European Commission approved state aid to the Gdañsk Transport Company consortium for the construction and maintenance of the section of the A1 motorway between Gdañsk and Toruñ in Pomerania. As the company has taken out loans to fund the construction, the government will reimburse the costs from the National Roads Fund on completion of the works. The Gdañsk Transport Company will also be reimbursed from this public fund if the costs of maintaining and renovating the motorway go up. The construction of this section of motorway follows on from the granting of a 42-year concession to the Gdañsk Transport Company in 1997. The section will form the final part of the north-south axis of the trans-European network. (A.By./transl.rt)