Hungary to give its motorway system to concession for 35 years?

If the government’s plan to make Hungary’s motorways a concession materialises, Párbeszéd believes vignettes will become dearer and road conditions will worsen, a member of the opposition party’s leadership said at a press conference streamed on Facebook on Saturday.

Dávid Dorosz said the government wants to “slyly sell out” the country’s motorway system for a period of 35 years, which can “have only a negative effect on 99 percent of Hungarians,

based on international and Hungarian examples”, while “the Fidesz one-percenters get richer on the deal”.

Bence Tordai, the deputy head of Párbeszéd’s parliamentary group, said a request for information in the public interest had been submitted to determine who will be the recipient of the “hand over” of the motorway network.

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He said it was “frivolous” allowing a one-month deadline for a project of such a scale, adding that the concession winner “is already evident”, while Magyar Közút, which is in charge of motorway upkeep at present “is expected to be a consortium member”.