RoadworksPoland
40. Roadworks
Roadworks are construction, maintenance, repair or inspection activities carried out on or beside a road. They may temporarily change the road layout, lane widths, speed limits, priority, permitted directions and facilities for pedestrians or cyclists.
Drivers must follow the temporary signs, traffic lights, barriers, road markings and instructions from authorised personnel. They should reduce speed, increase their following distance and remain prepared for narrow lanes, stopped traffic, workers, machinery and sudden changes in the route.
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What should you watch for when approaching roadworks in Poland?
Look for temporary warnings, cones, barriers, narrow lanes and construction vehicles. Road layouts can change temporarily, including lane shifts, traffic-light control and short one-way sections. Expect workers and slow or stationary traffic near the worksite.
🔗 eli.gov.pl • Poland, Road Traffic Law — articles 3, 5, 19; Signs 1–3, 12, 95–104
Is a temporary speed limit at roadworks binding in Poland?
Where an authorised temporary regulatory speed limit is in force, you must obey it. A roadworks warning alone should not be mistaken for a new numerical limit, but conditions may require driving more slowly.
🔗 eli.gov.pl • Poland, Road Traffic Law — articles 3, 5, 19; Signs 1–3, 12, 95–104
What if only one lane remains open through roadworks in Poland?
Follow the temporary signals, stop/go instructions, lane arrows and priority signs. Do not enter an opposing traffic lane until permitted, and give vulnerable road users and road workers extra room.
🔗 eli.gov.pl • Poland, Road Traffic Law — articles 3, 5, 19; Signs 1–3, 12, 95–104
Warning for roadworks.
English • Traffic sign A-14 • Roadworks. Sign A-14 warns of work on the road. Plate T-19 below it indicates that road markings are being painted.
Polski • A-14 • roboty na drodze. Znak A-14 „roboty na drodze” ostrzega o prowadzonych na drodze robotach; umieszczona pod znakiem tabliczka T-19 wskazuje na malowanie znaków poziomych.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org
🔗 Eli.gov.pl • § 7 ust. 5
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Author not stated on source page • Public domain • Original revision 2025-10-07. Wikimedia original unmodified.
Artwork reviewed against the Polish official sign catalogue, Dz.U. 2019 poz. 2310: Eli.gov.pl • A-14, PDF page 41, with amendments 2021/433, 2021/2065, 2022/2372 and 2026/133 checked. Catalogue-equivalent illustration; intentional update from the previous PNG. This is an educational illustration, not a manufacturing specification.

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