STRABAG

A consortium of two Strabag subsidiaries has secured a contract worth about €130m for the construction of the S7 expressway in the east of Kraków, Poland.

The S7 expressway, known as Trasa Nowohucka, will stretch between Rybitwy and Igolomska. Construction work on the site is planned to start in August or September and will last for three years.

Under the contract, the subsidiaries will construct and upgrade an 18.6km stretch of road, including the 4.5km-long expressway with two carriageways comprising three lanes each, as well as 1.6km of national road.

"The S7 expressway, known as Trasa Nowohucka, will stretch between Rybitwy and Igolomska."

The contract also includes the construction of on- and off-ramps, as well as six flyovers and five bridges. In addition, tram lines will be modernised.

The new section of highway will cross two districts of Kraków, namely Podgórze and Nowa Huta, and will form part of the expressway that is planned to connect Gdansk in the north and Rabka-Zdrój in the south of Poland.

Strabag said that in three years time, the new section will absorb traffic from national road 79 and funnel it to the A4 motorway between Katowice and Rzeszów.

Image: The construction work is planned to start in August/September 2014. Photo: courtesy of STRABAG SE.