In December 2020, Budapest
Transport authority BKK issued a public procurement for a detailed feasibility
study of Aquincum Bridge and related road network. The proposed 700-metre-long
bridge would connect main road 10 with an access road to the M3 motorway and
could be built beside the Northern Railway Link.
The tender was won by
Speciálterv Építőmérnöki Kft, New, detailed study plans are expected to be
prepared in the autumn.
Aquincum Bridge
is not a completely new idea: the infrastructure of the Hungarian capital has
been based on the construction of a new Danube crossing and the related
transport network here for decades.
According to Samu Balogh, Chief of the City
Planning Department, Budapest is preparing these blueprints by examining the
technical solutions envisioned 40-50 years ago and the so-called Masterplan
prepared in 2000.
In addition, it will examine, together with the involvement
of the districts concerned and by asking the people of Budapest, whether
there is a real need to build a new bridge and, if so, what kind of capacity
and transport network it should have.
The plans will look at possible alternatives, from which the best will be selected. Urban liveability and contributing to reducing road traffic should underscore the successful suggestion.
