Almost 30 kilometers of the S19 expressway in Podkarpacie were made available to drivers. On Monday, three sections were put into operation – from the Rudnik nad Sanem junction to the Łowisko junction. This route will be part of the Via Carpatia route. The open part of the road will shorten the journey between Lublin and Rzeszów.
The head of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk, said that more sections of Via Carpatia will be commissioned in a dozen or so days. “Until April next year, we will travel this route from Rzeszów to Lublin. However, in 2024 we will get from Rzeszów to Białystok “- he announced.
Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk during the opening of three sections of the S19 expresswayPAP
A new section of S19 – from the Rudnik nad Sanem junction to the Łowisko junction
– With each completed section of the S19, we are getting closer to the Via Carpatia route. This route is extremely important for the economic development of the entire Podkarpacie region and all regions through which it will run. It will open the region more widely not only to Lublin and the eastern part of our country, to the Baltic states, but also to the south of Europe. Every Pole has the right to use safe, predictable and comfortable roads – said Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk.
Three new episodes commissioned
The first of three episodes released on Monday Rudnik nad Sanem – Nisko it is 6.4 km long. The contractor for the investment was a consortium of Strabag (leader) and Strabag Infrastruktura Południe (partner). The contract for the implementation of the section was signed in June 2018 for the amount of over PLN 196.3 million.
As part of the investment, two road junctions (Rudnik nad Sanem and Nisko), six viaducts, including top and bottom passages for large and medium-sized animals, and six culverts were built.
The second episode that drivers can use from Monday is Low-hedgehog with a length of 11.5 km. The contractor was a consortium of Mostostal Warszawa (leader) and Acciona Construcciones (partner). The contract for the implementation of the section was signed in November 2018 and amounted to over PLN 272.6 million. As emphasized by the press spokeswoman of the Rzeszów branch of GDDKiA Joanna Rarus, this episode was delivered ahead of schedule. “The contractual deadline expires in May 2022” – she added.
The contractor, apart from the road itself, also built three viaducts over the expressway, six passages for animals, nine culverts for environmental purposes, as well as Podgórze and Jeżowe Passenger Service Areas.
The third episode commissioned on Monday Jeżowe-Fishery it is 10.3 km long. As Rarus noted, the contractor was Budimex, and the value of the contract signed in August 2018 was almost PLN 336 million.
“As part of the investment, two road junctions were built (Jeżowe and Nowa Sarzyna), as well as seven viaducts, five bridges, a crossing for animals at the top, a crossing for animals at the bottom and five culverts with an ecological function,” said a spokeswoman for the Rzeszów branch of GDDKiA.
Expressway S19
The S19 expressway will be part of the international Via Carpatia route, connecting Northern and Southern Europe. In Poland, this route will be over 700 km long and will run through the Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, Lubelskie and Podkarpackie voivodeships. In Podkarpacie, it will be approximately 169 km long.
In Podkarpacie, drivers already use almost 68 kilometers of S19. Over 47 km of this route is under construction and almost 54 km in preparation.
Via CarpatiaPAP
Via Carpatia is to run from Klaipeda and Kaunas in Lithuania through Białystok, Lublin, Rzeszów and Slovak Košice to Debrecen in Hungary, and then to Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. It is to arrive, among others to the Romanian port of Constana on the Black Sea and the Greek Thessaloniki on the Aegean Sea.
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