Krakow – Mistrzejowice junction will be a nightmare for drivers?
This is one of those investments that are not only waiting for – the inhabitants of Małopolska – the Northern Bypass of Krakow (POK), i.e. the activities of two expressways S7 (Krakow – Warsaw) and S52 (Krakow – Cieszyn). The new route is to relieve not only the quite crowded section of the city, the A4 south of the A4, but also facilitate the transit along the east-west and north-south axis (especially for those heading towards the Tatra resorts). It will also significantly relieve the city that is in the forefront of the most congested cities in Poland (second place in the next TomTom Traffic Index ranking), but also on the continent (12th place) and in the world (20th place in traffic similar to Tokyo).
The Kraków Mistrzejowice node
S52 and S7 expressways – jammed junction
It turns out that the planned route has not been avoided from mistakes. Passionate about leadership, which can be attractive on fairly regular projects, high competition Krakow – Mistrzejowice, which will connect the expensive S7 and S52 and will also be the first entry to the center of Krakow for representatives from Warsaw. Experts warn that when trying to detour and lanes, the traffic was immediately jammed in one place, introduced in the place.
Visualization of the state of Kraków Mistrzejowice
On the website “Autostrady Polska”, the film is to be a detailed analysis (the authors used the popular game “Cities: Skylines”). At work i.a. that the node was designed, roads are out of date with traffic forecasts. It turned out that in 2017 the GDDKiA estimated that in 2025 traffic on the Northern Ring Road of Krakow would exceed an average of 30,000. per day. Meanwhile, current with the current measurement from 2020-2021, traffic in the current districts of Krakow as part of the airline already amounts to 40 thousand. make 85 thousand per day.
Exit and entry onto the S7 road – a challenge for drivers
Drivers await the challenge, as it intersects the route at 450 m (from the ring road to the S7 route in the south and south, and with the S7 from the south towards the beltway). Not only passenger cars (local and long-distance traffic) but also heavy goods vehicles will be crowded there as part of limited transit traffic.
It was not long before GDDKiA responded. In the comments to share the information about ensuring the preparation of the management that the junction is designed in accordance with the practice of creating roads and introducing convenient. The road workers, however, did not limit themselves to defending the project only. They admitted that the work performed was commissioned as a solution to an alternative possible change to the project. Analysis of the Cracow University of Technology