Infrastructural investments as a factor which determines the location of storage facilities

Implementation of infrastructural investments is a key factor contributing to the development potential of a region. The current law in force, regulating the implementation of infrastructural public purpose investments, simplifies the actions leading to terrain acquisition for road investments. The research shows a significant dependence between access to public roads and demand for storage facilities. From an entrepreneur’s point of view, the necessary condition for further development is implementation of infrastructural investments. Locating the investments in the vicinity of traffic routes is a strategic decision, closely related to the field of business. Too long distances combined with poor condition of road infrastructure generate additional transport costs. This fact is directly reflected in the limited economic and development potential of particular regions. In the studied case, the theoretical value of statistics (27.868) is almost a half of the calculated value (54.27). Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected. Calculations carried out at assumed significance level α = 0.0005, clearly prove, that there is a close correlation between the size of the company, and the choice of the location of the additional storage space with regard to access to infrastructure such as public roads. The carried out analysis confirms the fact, that the enterprise size is directly linked with the selection of location for its additional storage facilities and the transport costs between the locations significantly influence the decisions.