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Colas and He-Do win Jaszbereny bypass

The 4.5-km bypass will be built between Hungary’s number 31 and 32 main roads.
By David Arminas April 27, 2020 Read time: 1 min
Jaszbereny, in Hungary, to get a bypass road (photo © Butenkow/Dreamstime)

Colas, through its Hungarian subsidiary, and HE-DO have won a tender for construction of a bypass road around Jaszbereny, about 60km from Budapest.

The 4.5-km long road section is to be built between the number 31 and 32 main roads and will include a 66m bridge over the river Zagyva.

The tender was called by the Hungarian national infrastructure development company NIF and is worth around €15.2 million (US$17.5 million), according to national media.

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