Slovakia’s D1 Budimir-Bidovce motorway stretch gets EU backing

Slovakia’s motorway company NDS and the Transport Ministry have agreed a subsidy of nearly €204 million for a D1 section. The EU will cover 85% of the project cost, while the remaining 15% will be covered by the government for construction the 14.5km D1 motorway between Budimir and Bidovce, near the city of Kosice. The section, being built by Skanska for almost €237 million, is on schedule for completion by the end of 2019. The stretch will be part of the eastern by-pass of Kosice and in Budimir it wi
November 2, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Slovakia’s motorway company 5891 NDS and the Transport Ministry have agreed a subsidy of nearly €204 million for a D1 section.

The EU will cover 85% of the project cost, while the remaining 15% will be covered by the government for construction the 14.5km D1 motorway between Budimir and Bidovce, near the city of Kosice.

The section, being built by 2296 Skanska for almost €237 million, is on schedule for completion by the end of 2019. The stretch will be part of the eastern by-pass of Kosice and in Budimir it will connect to D1 from Presov.

Finance & Funding

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

December 4, 2015

Slovakia opens Levoca bypass of D1 motorway section

Slovakia has opened the 9.5km Levoca bypass, nearly completing the northern part of the D1 cross-country motorway. The remaining section between Bratislava and Kosice is expected to be open around 2020, with the Zilina, Presov and Ruzomberok bypasses yet to be built. The newly opened section of Janovce - Jablonov II includes the 600m tunnel Sibenik, as well as a slip road to Levoca and 12 road bridges. Construction works on the D1 section started in June 2012 by the consortium of Eurovia and Stavby M
June 9, 2015

Slovakia opens up more D1 motorway sections to tender

Slovakia’s national motorway company NDS has put out to tender two sections of the D1 motorway near Presov and Kosice. Both tenders have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, with bid submission deadlines set for June 29. The first section is the south-west D1 by-pass of Presov at nearly 8km long, including the construction of a 2km duel-tube road tunnel Presov and estimated to cost €443.4 million. The second section is the 14.5km-long D1 Budimir to Bidovce stretch, with cost
October 15, 2012

Budimir-Bidovce section of Slovakia D1 motorway link could begin in 2014

The construction of the 14.4km D1 motorway stretch between Budimir - Bidovce near Kosice in eastern Slovakia could begin in 2014 or 2015. Building works for the Budimir-Bidovce D1 route should take three years, followed by the construction of another stretch of the D1 from Bidovce up to the Ukrainian border. The latter works are estimated for completion sometime after 2020. Meanwhile, the construction of the 13km D1 stretch linking Bidovce - Dargov and the 18.7km stretch Dargov - Pozdisovce should start in
boombox1

Highlighted Content

boombox2