Hungary’s cycle path network close to 15,000 km by 2030

Hungary’s cycle path network will add up to almost 15,000 kilometres by 2030, a Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) official said on Saturday.

The ITM is steadily improving cycling infrastructure within and between localities, as well as financing the 50 billion forint (€ 136.7 million) construction of 850 kilometres of bicycle paths nationwide, state secretary for transport development, László Mosoczi, said in Écs, in north-western Hungary, inaugurating the cycle path connecting Gyor and Pannonhalma as part of the government’s Modern Cities scheme. The 18.4 kilometre cycle path cost a net 1.7 billion forints (€ 4,720) to build.

He noted that the entire cycle path network around Lake Balaton is being revamped and a cycle route between Budapest and Lake Balaton will be built.

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Hungary, he added, is the third most important cycling nation in Europe. The government has achieved much to integrate isolated “islands” of cycle systems into a national network, he added.

National road company Hungarian Public Roads Nonprofit took over the maintenance of more than a 1,000kms of cycle paths from the local governments, he noted.

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Source: MTI