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Poland will not finish two key roads in time

Poland, struggling with an antiquated road network for years, has started a large-scale infrastructure building programme ahead of the tournament but the two key highways, A1 and A4, are running behind schedule.

"It gives me no satisfaction to say that we will most likely not be able to drive through the entire A1 and A4 highway for the Euros, as some stretches won't be ready," Poland's Transport Minister Slawomir Nowak told a news confence.

"We are doing everything to ensure A2 highway is all done from the German border to Warsaw," Nowak added.

Poland, which has drawn heavily from the European Union's aid funds to finance its road-building programme, expects a million tourists to visit during Euro 2012, though some officials have been less optimistic.