According to MTI, Lázár said the HUF 800 billion project would be the biggest motorway construction in a century.
The first, 24 km stretch to be widened will run between Budapest and Bicske, he added.
Lázár said the M100 expressway, connecting Esztergom with the M1, would be built at an estimated cost of HUF 500 bln. Separate tenders for three sections of the dual carriageway will be called, and construction could start on two in the spring of 2026, he added.
A preliminary study on the construction of a road and railway bridge over the Danube, complementing the M100, is underway, he said.
Lázár noted that the length of dual carriageways in Hungary would reach 2,000 km by 2026, up from 1,273km in 2010.
He explained that plans for a HUF 20bn extension of Esztergom’s flood defenses would be completed by the autumn.
Lázár said an initiative by Esztergom’s mayor to build a new hospital for the region’s 130,000 residents deserved support.
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