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Discussions for Poland to Slovakia highway link

The Ministries of Transport for Poland and Slovakia have held discussions regarding the connection of the S1 and A1 highway links. The S1 road will run from the border with Slovakia to meet with the A1 highway at Pyrzowice in Poland. This road link should be ready for traffic in 2022. Also ready for traffic in 2022 should be Slovakia’s D3 highway.
January 23, 2018 Read time: 1 min
The Ministries of Transport for Poland and Slovakia have held discussions regarding the connection of the S1 and A1 highway links. The S1 road will run from the border with Slovakia to meet with the A1 highway at Pyrzowice in Poland. This road link should be ready for traffic in 2022. Also ready for traffic in 2022 should be Slovakia’s D3 highway.


Meanwhile Poland is opening the tender for the ring road project around Wegierska Gorka, which will cost €359.6 million and will again be ready for traffic in 2022 if the work goes to schedule. Construction will commence in 2019 and the link will form part of the S1 route, linking with the existing sections from Milowka to Szare and Zywiec to Przybedza.

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