Highways, page 5
News on highway developments in Slovakia
Valy bridge to become tallest bridge in central Europe
The bridge in Kysuce already stands.
Government approves the ring road project
THE GOVERNMENT approved signing of the agreement on the Bratislava ring road project at its February 17 session.
Construction rises, again
Development in the sector is good, but mostly comes from EU funds.
German engineer charged over collapse of Kurimany Bridge
IN THE case of the November 2012 collapse of a highway bridge under construction close to the village of Kurimany in the Prešov Region that claimed four lives, the investigator has pressed criminal charges of public endangerment against a German structural engineer.
New stretch of the D1 highway opens in northern Slovakia
A NINE kilometre stretch of the D1 highway between Spišský Štvrtok and Levoča (Prešov Region) and which is part of the new cross country route between Bratislava and Košice, opened for traffic on October 20.
The construction of Višňové tunnel starts
AFTER several promises work began on the 7.5-kilometre Višňové tunnel near Žilina.
Váhostav says sorry to creditors via new website
CONSTRUCTION company Váhostav-SK has launched a website at Mrzinasto.sk, which in Slovak means “we are sorry” providing information about the company’s restructuring, spokesman Tomáš Halán told the press on April 9.
Small businesses cut out in Váhostav case
VÁHOSTAV-SK, one of the country’s biggest construction firms, is drawing headlines amid plans to pay just 15 percent of its debts to small business subcontractors as part of its restructuring plan.
Big Slovak firms teaming up with Chinese companies
BIG companies in Slovakia are ever more connecting with huge Chinese corporations, the Pravda daily wrote February 19.
Bratislava bypass as PPP
THE MUCH needed bypass of Bratislava will be built as a public-private partnership (PPP) project. The government green lighted this variant of its construction on January 21. The opposition, which also sees building the bypass as necessary, criticises this variant as too expensive and calls for usage of the so-called Juncker’s fund or the Slovak Investment Holding.
Government approved the D4 and R7 construction project
THE ROBERT Fico government okayed the construction of the zero bypass of Bratislava via the public-private partnership (PPP) project at its January 21 session. This means that Transport Minister Ján Počiatek can launch the competition over finding a private firm for construction and subsequent operation of the road, the TASR newswire reported.
Doprastav wins another highway tender
Construction firm Doprastav was the lowest bidder in a contract to renovate a 45 kilometre long section of the Ivachnová-Važec section of highway. The order amounts to the worth of more than €27 million, with Doprastav’s bid being the cheapest by €10 million. It might also do the safety works on the Trnava-Lúky secrion of the D1 highway.
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