Orban promises four-lane road to Eger by 2018

Budapest (MTI) – The city of Eger in the north will be linked to the M3 motorway by a four-lane highway by 2018 under an agreement signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Eger Mayor Laszlo Habis on Friday.

The agreement also includes a 6.3 billion forint (EUR 21.1m) project to upgrade Eger’s swimming complex and convert it into a swimming and water-polo centre, Orban told a live televised press conference.

The renovation of Eger castle will be augmented by developments costing a further 6 billion forints, he added.

Further, state railway company MAV will transfer 9 hectares of land to the city, which will be joined to an existing area to form a 20-hectare industrial park, Orban told the news conference broadcast by public news channel M1.

Orban said the development programme totalling 50 billion forints will be the second element in a scheme dubbed Modern Cities, following the programme for Sopron.