The preparation of an environmental impact study and technical assessments for a railway tunnel under the Danube can be started after the government has passed a resolution to provide funding for the project which has received European Union funding of 1 billion forints (EUR 2.8m), the managing director of the Budapest development centre said on Thursday.
The European Commission has found the project proposal for the Budapest railway tunnel “of very high standard, well-founded, logical and well-prepared,” Dávid Vitézy said.
A final government decision on building the tunnel has not been made but the detailed preparations and feasibility study are needed in order to assess the potential costs and advantages, he said. A well-founded decision can then be made for a railway development of “historic significance”, he added.
A final government decision on building the tunnel has not been made but the detailed preparations and feasibility study are needed in order to assess the potential costs and advantages, he said. A well-founded decision can then be made for a railway development of “historic significance”, he added.
Vitézy said on Facebook that EU funding had been won for a joint bid by the Budapest development centre and the ministry of innovation and development for the extension of
a high-speed railway link to connect Budapest with Vienna, Prague and Berlin from the west, also with a view to link Vienna’s Schwechat airport to the east.
The planning and preparation of a railway tunnel between Kelenfold station and Nyugati station in Budapest has been under way since November 2020 when a contract was signed with a Hungarian-Swiss-Dutch-British planning team to prepare technical assessments and a feasibility study, he added.
Read alsoCheck out the most beautiful bridges of Budapest – PHOTOS
Source: MTI
If you would like to support the work of the Daily News Hungary staff and independent journalism,
please make a donation here
please make a donation here
Hot news
PHOTOS: Beloved Hungarian hotel in the picturesque Danube Bend reopens in five months
Attention, users! BudapestGO app renews in November, new features available
Spontaneous euroisation continues in Hungary, expert says EUR 1 will cost HUF 500 soon
Surprising turn: The most expensive street in Hungary was at Lake Balaton instead of Budapest in 2023
MÁV imposes extraordinary order due to brutal snowfall in Hungary
Aeroplex inaugurates aviation components repair base near Budapest Airport
