Thirty-nine bridges and four viaducts will be built on the HUF 400 billion Hungarian motorway
The Ministry of Construction and Transport announced that thirty-nine bridges and four viaducts will be built on the new M76 motorway.
The new M76 motorway will link Zalaegerszeg to the Hungarian motorway network. Previously, this was planned to cost 170 billion forints (EUR 442,943,840), but now János Lázár, Minister of Construction and Transport, has already talked of 400 billion forints (EUR 1,042,220,800). If this is indeed the final figure, it will be by far the most expensive motorway project in Hungary in terms of price per kilometre.
However, the Ministry’s recent statement stresses that the M76 “will not be the most expensive motorway in Hungary, but the most modern Hungarian expressway to be built in the most difficult terrain ever”.
This is confirmed by the fact that the 31-kilometre motorway would include thirty-nine bridges and four viaducts. The project will also include a four-lane link to Keszthely and a link to the airport in Sármellék.
According to ÉKM, the M76 will not only be a section connecting Zalaegerszeg to the M7 motorway, but also a so-called “smart road”. It will include a movable baffle system, the Rolling Barrier “roller barrier” protection system, the Blue System “wire rope barrier” system, a motorised anti-skid system, a head-on warning system, as well as smart lighting, solar panels, real-time sensors and automatic de-icing, telex.hu reports.
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Let’s hope they’re built better than the M0, which is already bumpy where the asphalt quickly wore away.
Another flagship project of our Politicians. Hungary cannot afford to better support teachers and schools, medical staff and hospitals, however Mr. Szíjj and Mr. Mészáros do appear to be getting their “fair share”!
Is this yet another project being done for all the boys in the know to dip their noses in the public purse. Makes me sick Hungary has many social and economic problems- poverty, education, health service etc etc and they can find this obscene amount of money for a 31km stretch of motorway which I would suggest is not even at the top of the transport priority list.