The serpentine has become a work area, the travel time between Budapest and Ózd may decrease
Between Ózd and Budapest, the investment that most starts in the Heves county part of the road section can reduce the travel time and make traffic safer. In the first round handrails and acceleration lanes are being built on the Borsodnádasd serpentine, and related to this, retaining walls. The work area has been handed over to the contractors, from now on motorists will have to avoid this part for the next two and a half years.
An old desire
– For us, the people of Ózd, our thirty-year dream can come true with this development. We are trying to get to the capital under conditions that are suitable for this region – said Gábor Riz, member of parliament, at the press conference held in Egercsehi. – The investment that is starting now can reduce the travel time by a quarter of an hour, and the extra lanes built on the serpentine will make driving safer. I am confident that the works will proceed with as few bumps as possible, and that the economy will also function, despite the fact that the city will be accessible via a road detour in the period ahead.
Your handicap may be reduced
The construction that is starting now is important not only for Ózd and the Nyugat-Borsod region, but also for Heves county. Main road 25 and a side road connected to it were of very poor quality. This has been improved in recent years, but the real breakthrough will come now.
“Even a year ago, it seemed incredible to me that the development of the serpentine was realized,” added László Horváth, the region’s parliamentary representative from Heve. – Like Borsod, we are at a significant disadvantage compared to many parts of the country, and this can be reduced somewhat. To ask for patience from the population, as the work will involve difficulties, but afterwards we will enjoy the result together.
Seven kilometers
Construction will begin now, but preparatory work and planning have been going on for many years. All in all, a 7-kilometer but extremely complicated section can be renewed, and the modernization can become a safer part.
– We worked on how to prepare this serpentine with complex technical content in such a way that it affects people’s everyday life as little as possible – revealed Zoltán Juhász, deputy road development director of NIF Zrt. – We renovated ten kilometers of roads in Heves so that the herding could be done in good quality. In this forested, wild landscape, the tree felling has taken place, and now the major part of the work can begin. We will build 3.5 km long retaining walls so that nature and the environment can withstand the load, and the road will remain of adequate quality for a long time. During the preliminary works, we also saw that the condition of the serpentine already required this investment, as we encountered many cracks below the surface. A complex task awaits us and the contractors in the two and a half years ahead. There will be detours, half-tracks and endings, so I myself would like to ask for patience from the public.