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Slovakia road projects – bidding opens, funding found

Bidding is underway in Slovakia for the R2 Krivan-Mytna expressway project, which is being handled by the local highway firm NDS. The deadline for bids opened in July 2018 and has been extended now for the second time. Bids will now be received until the 9th November 2018. The project for the 9.1km route is expected to cost €280 million to build and should take 48 months to complete. In addition, Slovakia’s Transport and Construction Ministry is boosting its budget for road repairs. The next 48 months will
October 19, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Bidding is underway in Slovakia for the R2 Krivan-Mytna expressway project, which is being handled by the local highway firm 5891 NDS. The deadline for bids opened in July 2018 and has been extended now for the second time. Bids will now be received until the 9th November 2018. The project for the 9.1km route is expected to cost €280 million to build and should take 48 months to complete.

In addition, Slovakia’s Transport and Construction Ministry is boosting its budget for road repairs. The next 48 months will see a series of trunk road repair projects, with an extra €200 million having been added to the transport budget to pay for this work.

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