Slovakia highway construction programme on track

Slovakia is pushing ahead with its road building plans, which will see over 56 m of motorways being completed by end of 2015. This is the main priority of the Slovak Transport Ministry for 2015. The Slovakian Government also plans to complete tenders for the construction of 90km of bypasses for Bratislava, Kosice and Presov. The Slovak Transport Ministry intends to complete two sections of the D1 route, the 11.2km Fricovce-Svinia stretch and the 18.5km Janovce - Jablonov section as well as the 10.4km stretc
July 16, 2015 Read time: 1 min
Slovakia is pushing ahead with its road building plans, which will see over 56 m of motorways being completed by end of 2015. This is the main priority of the Slovak Transport Ministry for 2015. The Slovakian Government also plans to complete tenders for the construction of 90km of bypasses for Bratislava, Kosice and Presov. The Slovak Transport Ministry intends to complete two sections of the D1 route, the 11.2km Fricovce-Svinia stretch and the 18.5km Janovce - Jablonov section as well as the 10.4km stretch of the R2 expressway from Pstrusa – Krivan.

Work on a 16km section of the D1 highway is underway, which will help reduce traffic problems in the Martin, Vrutky, Sucany and Turany regions. The project was worth €137.75 million, of which €78 million was provided by the EU's operational transport programme.
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