Budimex and Strabag win 16km of Poland’s four-lane A1

Budimex and Strabag have won a contract to design and build 16km of Poland’s four-lane A1 highway between Tuszyn and Bełchatów. The €111 million deal with the Polish General Directorate for National Roads and Highways is scheduled for completion within 32 month, excluding winter months. The entire section will be concrete and includes two junctions, 17 bridges, several intersections and access roads, noise barriers and wildlife crossings.
August 6, 2018 Read time: 1 min
3302 Budimex and 945 Strabag have won a contract to design and build 16km of Poland’s four-lane A1 highway between Tuszyn and Bełchatów.


The €111 million deal with the Polish General Directorate for National Roads and Highways is scheduled for completion within 32 month, excluding winter months.

The entire section will be concrete and includes two junctions, 17 bridges, several intersections and access roads, noise barriers and wildlife crossings.

“The A1 in Poland is an important link between the ports in the north of the country and the south of Europe. We are pleased to have again received an order for a section in the course of the expansion of the A1,” said Thomas Birtel, chief executive of Strabag.

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