Tailor Your Business in Lodz 2023

GEOGRAPHY AND LOCATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

A1/A2 AND S8 Ł ódź is the first large conurbation in Poland with an orbital route of motorways and expressways. It can be accessed by the A2 motorway from the north, A1 from the east, the S8 expressway from the south and the recently completed S14 expressway from the west. The region’s transport network comprises road, rail and air infrastructure with multimodal solutions. The motorways and expressways certainly support the region’s economic growth and are attractive for Polish and cross-border investors. A1 (commonly known as the Amber Highway) is a strategic high-speed road on the north-south axis, forming part of the international E75 route and the trans-European transport corridor TEN-T: Baltic Adriatic. The road connects the Łódź metropolitan area with the Tri-City ports and the highly urbanized and industrialized southern part of the country. A2 (commonly known as the Freedom Highway) is a strategic high-speed road on the east-west axis, forming part of the international E30 route and the trans-European transport corridor TEN-T: North Sea-Baltic. The road connects the Łódź metropolitan area with Western European countries and serves as a crucial transport corridor between Warsaw and Berlin. Due to increasing traffic volume, plans are underway to widen it by adding a third lane between Warsaw and Łódź. S8 is an express road forming part of the European route E67 (Prague-Helsinki). It is particularly significant as it provides an alternative to the A2 road, connecting Łódź with Warsaw and linking four major metropolitan areas (Białystok, Warsaw, Łódź, and Wrocław).

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