Hungarian state secretary in charge of transport Pál Völner and Slovakian transport minister Jan Figel on Friday signed an agreement on linking two motorways between the countries.
The two signed the agreement to connect the R4 in Slovakia with the M30 in Hungary.
“We agreed on where to link our road networks, but not on when. On behalf of the Slovakian side, I can ensure everybody that the R4 motorway will be completed by 2013 and ready for use, as this is the year Kosice will be a European Capital of Culture,” Figel said. The 14-kilometer stretch will cost more than €78 million to build, but some of this will come from European Union funding, he added.
Hungary plans to complete the M30 two years after the R4 is completed, Figel said.
“We are striving to harmonize our investment plans with Slovakia,” Völner said. “We want to build a new bridge between Komárom and Komarno. The construction of bridges over the river Ipoly is also high on our list of plans,” he added.
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