THE A4 KATOWICE-KRAKÓW MOTORWAY - CHANGE OF ROAD TRAFFIC ORGANISATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE RENOVATION OF A BRIDGE IN KATOWICE

On 20 April this year, a two-month renovation of the bridge located between the Murckowska junction in Katowice and the Mysłowice junction on the A4 Katowice-Kraków motorway will begin.  The works carried out in this area, will be connected with the closing of the road to Kraków, and traffic will be operated via the route to Katowice. 

The changes of traffic organisation concern a section of two kilometers, i.e. the section between 341 - 343 km of the A4 motorway. Drivers will be able to use one lane to Kraków, and two lanes to Katowice, with a speed limit of 60 km/h. The replacement of expansion joints and bridge bearings will last approximately until 26 June this year.

At the same time, on the A4 Katowice-Kraków motorway, the replacement of the road surface on four kilometers section between, the Rudno junction and the Toll Plaza in Balice.  The works are carried out with maintaining two lanes in each direction. The changes of road traffic organisation also include the exit from the A4 motorway on Morawica motorway service area - this manoeuvre is now possible only via the right-hand traffic lane, conducted on the roadway towards Kraków. At Aleksandrowice motorway service area, it is possible to exit via both lanes.

The Concessionaire also lists the road surface on the Toll Plaza in Mysłowice, therefore, until October this year, the toll lanes will be closed periodically - two in each direction.

Detailed information on the dates and location of traffic changes are published on www.ia4.pl, twitter.com/A4KatKra and at the Road Information Points.

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Information about SAM SA

Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. manages the 60-km section of the A4 Katowice-Kraków motorway. This is the first fully operational road of this type in Poland, built as part of the public-private partnership, as a brownfield project  on the basis of the road constructed in the 1970s  and 1980s. Stalexport Autostrada Małopolska S.A. obtained a license for its adaptation to the requirements of the toll motorway and operation in 1997. It required numerous investments. All investment projects and current maintenance of road lanes are funded from revenues obtained from the collection of tolls for the concession section and loans received from the international banking consortium. Unlike other concessions for the management of toll motorways, the project implemented by Stalexport Autostrada S. A. does not burden the State Treasury with any obligations. Moreover, it has not received any grants or guarantees of the Treasury.

Additional information can be obtained from:

Rafał Czechowski
Spokesman of SAM S.A.
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tel. 601 063 200