NDS to spend US$2.21bn on Zilina, Slovakia motorways

NDS, the Slovak national motorway company, plans to spend US$2.21 billion (€1.7bn) between 2013 and 2016 on motorway construction projects in the Zilina region of Slovakia. Milan Gajdos, the firm’s managing director and chairman, said that post 2016 a further $1.04 billion (€800mn) will be invested in the region. Currently, tenders worth $1.82 billion (€1.4bn) for motorway projects in the region are already underway, including tenders for stretches of the D1 and D3 motorways. It is still not known whether t
July 1, 2013 Read time: 1 min
5891 NDS, the Slovak national motorway company, plans to spend US$2.21 billion (€1.7bn) between 2013 and 2016 on motorway construction projects in the Zilina region of Slovakia.

Milan Gajdos, the firm’s managing director and chairman, said that post 2016 a further $1.04 billion (€800mn) will be invested in the region. Currently, tenders worth $1.82 billion (€1.4bn) for motorway projects in the region are already underway, including tenders for stretches of the D1 and D3 motorways.

It is still not known whether the main motorway D1 linking Bratislava and Kosice will be completed by the end of 2018 due to a number of difficulties.

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