Impact Assessment of Motorway on the Agricultural Land, Example from Motorway A4 Section Wolica Piaskowa - Czarna Sedziszowska with Application of the Author’s Simplified Method

Abstract

The method of estimating the impact of the motorway on agricultural land presented in this study allows to determine all losses related to the directions of this impact. The simplified method of assessing the motorway’s impact on agricultural land is presented on the example of the A4 motorway section running through the villages of Wolica Piaskowa and Czarna Sędziszowska with a length of about 6.364 km. These are areas located in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The construction of one kilometer of the motorway section under consideration will result in a reduction in the value of agricultural land amounting to 867 cereal units. Taking over the land for the motorway construction and its negative impact covers about 76% of the total loss of value of agricultural land. The remaining 24% of the loss in value of land is related to the increase in transport and the deterioration of the plots layout.