Budapest approves 200 new crossings and tram stop upgrades by 2030 as Europe expands transport and sports projects

Polish construction firm Budimex has begun work on a 2.06 km upgrade of Czech road I/43 near Černá Hora, part of two adjacent contracts worth nearly 400 million Czech koruna combined. The project includes a new slow-vehicle lane, two bridges over the Žerotínka stream, emergency lanes, retaining walls, and modifications to the stream’s bed, with traffic disruptions limited to 14 days of single-lane restrictions.
In Switzerland, Winterthur residents voted Sunday on a 35 million Swiss franc credit to modernize the Schützenwiese stadium, adding two covered grandstands and an operations building with 12 changing rooms. The FC Winterthur contributed 2.6 million francs, with completion targeted for 2029.
Budapest’s General Assembly approved a long-term pedestrian strategy on Friday, targeting 200 new crossings by 2030, full accessibility at half of its 658 tram stops by the same year, and traffic calming on all residential streets by 2040. The plan, developed by the Budapest Transport Centre, also aims to eliminate underpasses at major junctions by 2035.
Sarajevo launched a new tram line to Hrasnica on Saturday, extending the network by 12.9 km in both directions—the first expansion since 1962. The project included new stops, two traction substations, 251 contact network poles, and underground utility relocations, with a Turkish consortium as the contractor.
Warsaw’s Politechnika Warszawska selected Mirbud as the general contractor for a new sports and event hall at the Syrenka stadium, with a 27-month completion timeline and a gross contract value of 168.07 million złoty.
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