After lockdown: government builds expressway to Budapest Airport
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The state budget will pay HUF 1.4 billion (EUR 3.9 million) to FŐMTERV-UTIBER for the plans of a new and modern motorway connecting the downtown of Budapest with the airport of the Hungarian capital. However, there is no news about the superfast train connection the government promised to build.
According to mfor.hu, FŐMTERV Mérnöki Tervező Zrt. and its subcontractor, UTIBER Közúti Beruházó Kft., are going to compile the plans to modernise the road connecting the downtown with the airport. The work will cost a net amount of HUF 1.395 billion. Based on the European public procurement report, the plans will include bridges and urban environment development, too.
Experts said that the construction works would not start until mid-2022, so an optimistic projection is that the new road will be
ready by the end of 2023.
The government announced the ambitious plans in 2018 because Hungary became a popular destination for tourists coming from all over the world. In 2019, Minister Gergely Gulyás stated that the administration allocated HUF 20 billion (EUR 55.87 million) for the project, so everybody believed that the preparations would start, but nothing happened.