First step in TŁ renovation

Warsaw City Hall recently signed a contract worth more than EUR 250,000 (zł.986,500) with Spanish firm Apia XXI. The company will advice the City Roads Authority (ZDM) on how to renovate Trasa Łazienkowska.

The cost of the feasibility study, which the company will prepare, will be covered by the Spanish government, which want to tighten economic connections between Spain and other countries.

The section of Trasa Łazienkowska between Rondo Jazdy Konnej and ul. Na Rozdrożu was completed in 1974 and so far only the Saska flyover, the Wał Miedzeszyński exit, the footbridge next to ul. Międzyborska and the surface between ul. Rasyńska and Rondo Wiatraczna have been replaced. Many parts, including the Łazienkowski Bridge, are still in line for renovation. Trasa Łazienkowska is used by 130,000 cars every day. Within six months Apia XXI's specialists will present their proposals for the road's renovation.

City Hall plans to use EU funds to renovate Trasa Łazienkowska and the feasibility study is the first step in the process. The value of the renovation is not yet known, and according to Adam Czugajewicz, a spokesperson for ZDK, the study will estimate it. "Work will start in 2010 at the earliest, but in the meantime we are working on the slip-roads next to Wał Miedzeszyński and are planning further renovations," adds Czugajewicz.