Hungary to build new Danube bridge with a budget of EUR 1 billion
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The Hungarian government has issued a decree to allocate funding for the construction of a new Danube bridge near Mohács and the accompanying road network. According to the decree, the total budget for the project is set at HUF 389.3 billion (approximately EUR 1 billion).
A new Danube bridge with a huge budget
Most of this huge sum will be spent between 2025 and 2029, while HUF 2 billion (EUR 5.1 million) will be allocated this year, Telex reports. In 2030 and 2031, HUF 100 million (EUR 255 thousand) will be earmarked each year to finalise the project. Construction and Transport Minister János Lázár has been authorised to begin spending the initial HUF 2 billion in 2023. Lázár discussed the bridge during a guest appearance at the Semmelweis Summer University, and a video of his remarks is available online.
Talks about building the Mohács Danube bridge have been ongoing for decades, but only recently has the project reached a stage where it is close to realisation. The project involves three main components:
- A new bridge over the Danube River,
- A 2×2 lane road connecting the bridge to the M6 motorway to the west,
- A 2×1 lane road linking the bridge eastward to Route 51, which will require the construction of a 19-kilometer stretch of new road.
The bridge will include two floodplain viaducts and a river bridge, with a total length of 756 meters. A 2×2 lane road will run across the bridge, with an adjacent bicycle path.
Same bridge in Germany will cost half because they don’t have the cost of corruption.
@DNH … How does the state recover around HUF 100 billion through VAT on a net cost project??? And a construction firm is a company – which means any VAT will be offset…
At least the right party won the tender – go NER Knights!