2012-05-17
In the year 2004, there were ca. 103.6 km of hard-surfaced roads per 100 sq km of voivodeship area, which places us among Poland's leaders. The Swiejokrzyskie road network is 12,129 km long, out of which the length of national road amounts to 752 km, but dual carriageways account for 48 km only. No motorways run through the voivodeship.
In terms of railway network density, the region ranks somewhat below the national average (6.0 km/100 sq km). Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship is crossed by 10 railway lines of total length of 724 km, out of which there are 610 km of national lines and 114 km of local lines. For the voivodeship, the most important is the Warsaw - Krakow line No. 8 which caters for passenger and cargo traffic and enables a connection with Warsaw and the northern part of Poland, as well as southern voivodeships such as Maiopolskie (Little Poland), Sla.skie (Silesia) and Podkarpackie (Sub-Carpathia). It has particular significance for transportation of cargo, e.g. it is used to supply coal to power plants at Potaniec and Kozienice, as well as transporting natural resources, cement and lime from our voivodeship.
Airtransport is becoming increasingly important for the strengthening of the investment and tourism potential of our voivodeship. At Mastow, 8.5 km away from the city centre of Kielce, an airfield of total area of 72 ha is located. The Mastow airfield is now capable of receiving only small and medium executive and sports aircraft. The authorities of Kielce have taken the initiative to build a new airfield, which is to function as a multipurpose regional airport. Once the new regional airport has been built, the Mastow airfield will preserve its up-till-now function catering for charter, business, executive or rescue flights. The new airport, in turn, which is planned to be built, will enable round-the-clock services for domestic and international short- and medium-distance flights. The construction of the Kielce Airport has found its way to the indicative list of the Voivode-ship's Regional Operational Programme for the years 2007-2013. Swic4okrzyskie has one of Poland's largest, coal-fired, conventional block power plant at Potaniec. This power plant contributes considerably to securing the country's power needs. Swiejokrzyskie region is characterised by a relatively low electrical power consumption, lowerthan the national average (ca. 1912 kWh/user). Low voltage lines constitute a large proportion of all power lines in the voivodeship. These lines have been in use for a prolonged period of time and require considerable capital outlay to be modernised. Re-electrification of the voivodeship's area is necessary and must include not only the renovation of the old power infrastructure in order to reduce transmission losses and improve the quality of power supply, but also power supply to new investment areas to be developed for residential housing and business purposes. In the year 2005, in SwiQtokrzyskie Voivodeship, there were 161,600 users of network gas. The length of the gas distribution network in our voivodeship amounted to 3,624.4 km. The voivodeship is supplied with gas through high-pressure pipelines located in its northern and eastern parts. The western and southern parts are not at present fitted with any gas distribution network. More than half the municipalities are not currently covered by supplies of network gas.
Źródło: "Świętokrzyskie a good spot for investment", www.sarr.org.pl