Editing Białystok (section)

===Post-war period===
After the war, the city became capital of the initial [[Białystok Voivodeship (1945–1975)|Białystok Voivodeship]] of the [[People's Republic of Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Provinces of Poland (1998)|url=http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/pro/plpro.html|access-date=2011-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608133233/http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/ph/pro/plpro.html|archive-date=2011-06-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Map of Poland|url=http://www.map-of-poland.co.uk/|access-date=2011-03-28|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110426190140/http://www.map-of-poland.co.uk/|archive-date=26 April 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jankowiak|first=S|title=Trudny "powrót do macierzy"|publisher=IPN|url=http://pamiec.pl/pa/biblioteka-cyfrowa/biuletyn-instytutu-pam/10132,nr-9-102005.html|language=pl|access-date=2013-11-22|archive-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226033428/https://pamiec.pl/pa/biblioteka-cyfrowa/biuletyn-instytutu-pam/10132,nr-9-102005.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the [[Administrative reform in Poland (1975)|1975 administrative reform]], the city was the capital of the now smaller [[Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998)|Białystok Voivodeship]].<ref name="ustawa">{{cite book|title=Dziennik Ustaw|year=1975|number=16|page=91|language=pl}}</ref> Since 1999 it has been the capital of the [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]], [[Poland|Republic of Poland]].<ref name="ustawa" />

From the European Regional Development Fund, contracted within the framework of the Integrated Regional Development Operational Programme (ZPORR), Białystok received approximately PLN 43 million for a project to improve the quality of the transport system. The implementation of Part I of the project allowed for the purchase of 43 new buses for public transport in 2005–2006, and new streets were built in [[Osiedle Bacieczki, Białystok|Bacieczki district]]. The Białystok Waterworks implemented a project to improve water quality. Cycle paths in Białystok were expanded and a path to [[Supraśl]] was built.