Getting to Budapest Airport by car will be hard from today on!
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From Friday, traffic will fundamentally change in one of Budapest’s most crowded intersections, the one at the crossing of Üllői Street and Könyves Kálmán Boulevard. Unfortunately, this intersection marks the start of the road leading to the Ferenc Liszt International Airport, Budapest’s main air gate.
A renovation affecting Budapest Airport car traffic
According to Blikk, the renovation of the Népliget overpass will start on 6 March, but the temporary traffic order is due to start today. The subcontractor received the terrain on 20 February. Samu Balogh, the chief of staff of Gergely Karácsony, Budapest’s mayor, said that drivers and commuters did not feel any change in the last few weeks. But that will change from Friday.
First, they will measure the load-bearing structure of the overpass to decide whether cars can continue to use it. However, if its state has deteriorated, it might happen that the authorities will close it to traffic. That is because the traffic is exceptionally high on it.
The subcontractor will start building traffic diversions on 3 March at 8 PM. From 4 March, cars will be able to use two lanes in the downtown – airport direction. However, only one free lane will remain for the return journey.