Mosty Katowice to plan new Bydgoszcz – Toruń Expressway

The highway and bridge designer Mosty Katowice was chosen over nine competitors bidding for the tender to prepare the plans for an important new expressway between Bydgoszcz and Toruń, the Polish press reported on Monday. The contract was reported to be worth PLN 4.67 million, and the Katowice company will complete an environmental and economic assessment of the project by January, 2018. Construction of the highway will take place between 2020 and 2022. Mosty Katowice’s VP, Czesław Połedniok, cited his company’s experience in the design of motorways as being a key to gaining the winning bid. The Bydgoszcz-Toruń Expressway (also to be known as the S10) will be a vital link between Bydgoszcz and the A1 highway in Toruń, as well as a connection between the future S5 highway and Bydgoszcz’s international airport, the release said. The S10 will be 50 kilometers in length, and will have two lanes running in each direction.