OPENING THE EXTENDED MYSLOWICE JUNCTION ON THE A4 KATOWICE-KRAKOW

Today, i.e. on Thursday 17 November the Myslowice junction on the A4 Katowice-Krakow was put into operation. After the extension it has become possible for drivers to use the motorway in all directions. 

Construction works on the Myslowice junction finished in September. The next stage was obtaining the necessary permits and administrative decisions required for full functionality of the junction.

– Extension of the Myslowice junction is one of the key investments on our section of the A4. Thanks to the modernisation of the junction, drivers can more easily enter the A4 Katowice-Krakow and exit from it in every direction – says Rafał Czechowski, the spokesperson for Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A.

Before the commencement of the construction works the Myslowice junction did not have all exit and entering possibilities - it was possible to exit the A4 motorway from Katowice and Krakow directions to ul. Obrzeżna Zachodnia only to the north – to downtown Myslowice and also to enter the motorway from the centre of Myslowice towards Katowice and Krakow.

As part of the investment a roundabout has been built on the northern part of the motorway, the existing Krakow-Myslowice and Myslowice-Katowice slip roads have been reconstructed and new road sections ensuring connection between the roundabout and slip roads have been built. On the southern side of the motorway an intersection with traffic lights has been built that makes it possible to exit to the existing Katowice-Myslowice slip road towards Myslowice-Brzezinka. Lighting of the whole junction has also been installed – lamp posts are located along the junction itself and along slip roads as well as on ul. Obrzeżna Zachodnia.

Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. started to extend the Myslowice Junction in 2015. Net value of the investment is PLN 14.4 million.

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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