CHANGES IN TRAFFIC ORGANISATION ON THE A4 KATOWICE-KRAKOW NEAR THE RUDNO JUNCTION – SIGNAGE GANTRY INSTALLATION

Today, i.e. on Monday 13 March at 6.00 p.m. temporary traffic organisation will be introduced due to the installation of a signage gantry near the Rudno junction on the A4 Katowice-Krakow. The works will last until Tuesday, 14 March 2.00 a.m. In addition, on 14 March between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. the motorway will be closed in both directions for about 20 minutes.

Final works connected with the extension of the Rudno junction on the A4 Katowice-Krakow are ongoing. This week a signage gantry with signs informing about exits from the motorway will be installed on the junction.

Due to the installation works temporary traffic organisation will be introduced from Monday 13 March 6:00 p.m. to Tuesday 14 March 2:00 a.m. on both carriageways, from km 381+235 to km 383+235,.

On the eastbound carriageway (to Krakow):

• from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. the hard shoulder/slip lane will be closed,
• from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. additionally the left lane will be closed and traffic will be restricted only to the right lane. Speed limit of 80 km/h will be introduced.

On the westbound carriageway (to Katowice):

• from midnight to 2:00 a.m. the left lane will be closed. Traffic will only be restricted to the right lane with the speed limit of 80 km/h.

In addition, on Tuesday, 14 March, between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. the motorway will be closed in both directions for about 20 minutes.

Travellers to the Balice or Pyrzowice airport should thus account for a longer passage time.

The planned works depend on weather conditions so the dates and times of executing them may change.

Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. started the extension of the Rudno junction in August 2015. The investment planned in the concession agreement has been brought forward at the request of neighbouring local authorities. The northern part of the motorway gained new slip roads and a roundabout making it possible to exit the motorway from the Krakow direction to Krzeszowice or Alwernia and entering the A4 from Alwernia or Krzeszowice.

The time of putting into operation new slip roads of the Rudno junction depends on the conclusion of administrative proceedings connected with obtaining the decision about the operating permit, what should happen at the turn of March and April.

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About Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. (SAM S.A.)

Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. manages the 60-kilometre long stretch of the A4 motorway between Katowice and Krakow. It is the first fully functional road of this kind in Poland, built within the framework of public-private partnership as a brownfield investment – modernisation of the road built in the 1970s and 1980s. Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. has held the concession for its adaptation to the requirements of a toll motorway and operation since 1997. Meeting the concession obligations has required numerous investments. All investment projects, including current maintenance of the road, are financed from tolls for using the concession stretch and from loans obtained from an international bank consortium. Unlike other concessions for managing toll motorways, the project run by Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. does not burden the state budget in any way. The company does not receive the so-called availability payments from the State. The company does not benefit from any State Treasury subsidies or guarantees.

For further information please contact:
Rafał Czechowski
Spokesperson for SAM S.A.
e-mail: [email protected]
tel. 601063200