PHOTOS: New Hungarian highway section inaugurated
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“Hungary must always tread its own path,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration of a new section of Highway 83, a dual carriageway connecting the cities of Győr and Pápa in north-west Hungary.
The four-lane road was one of the “two debts the government owed to Pápa”, Orbán said. The first, the “issue of the hospital”, had been tackled, and the road connecting the city with the north-west of the country was now also completed, he said.
The major road artery will have an important role in economic development, in improving locals’ quality of life, and in the military airport there, he said.
He said that while wars and crises were taking place in other countries, “Hungary is building itself up”.
“Steering a ship is easy enough in calm and clear waters … but we have fallen on hard, terrible times and entered an era of dangers…” he said.
“We should be proud to know that our country is on the right track in these bloody times, and we are even able to solve decades-long problems in times blighted by high inflation and interest rates.”