Orbán signs Modern Cities partnership with Győr

Győr, April 28 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signed on Friday a cooperation agreement with Zsolt Borkai, mayor of Gyor, in western Hungary, under the government’s Modern Cities development programme.

“Győr has contributed a lot to Hungary’s economic strength, not only in terms of tax revenues but self-confidence as well,” Orbán said after the signing ceremony in the city.

Under the agreement, the government will provide funding for completion of a ring road around Győr and the upgrade of road 8311, as well as construction of a new bridge, Orbán said. Further projects will include renewing the local National Theatre, construction of a concert hall and conference centre, a new bicycle road to Pannonhalma, renovation of the coach and railway stations, and building a new ambulance centre, the prime minister said.

Orbán also pledged assistance for building a four-lane road to the Slovak border as part of a planned link between Győr and Dunajska Streda (Dunaszerdahely) in Slovakia.

The government will also promote the expansion of Győr University, a project about which Orbán said: “Our governments don’t usually close down universities; rather, they tend to found new ones” in reference to recent criticism over the government’s higher education law seen as impacting Budapest’s Central European University.