The contract with the Białystok branch of GDDKiA for the design and construction of the Augustów bypass, worth PLN 535.9 million net, was signed on 11 March 2011. Budimex has time until 11 September 2014 to complete the investment.
The bypass will be 36.3 km long. The first section, 23.3 km long, will be the single-carriageway national road No. 8, the second, 13-kilometre, will be the dual carriageway S61 expressway. Both sections will be connected by the Scotland junction.
The bypass will run through the village of Raczki and will not interfere with areas included in the European Ecological Network Natura 2000.
After the construction site is handed over by the investor, Budimex will start cutting down trees and stabilising the boundaries of the right-of-way. This is also the time for preparatory work, i.e. organization of construction facilities, construction of technological and access roads to the construction site, removal of a fertile layer of soil (humus) from the route of the future bypass, soil replacement and construction of temporary drainage ditches.
The works will be carried out to the extent that the winter period allows.
Scope of work:
– construction of two sections of the bypass with a total length of 36.3 km,
– construction of five transport hubs: Augustów, Borki, Janówka, Scotland, Airport,
– construction of 33 bridge structures, including: bridges over the Kamienny Bród, Rospuda, Zalewianka, Głęboka and Szczeberka rivers, 15 viaducts and 11 animal crossings,
– construction of 20 culverts serving as animal crossings,
– construction of four Motorway Service Areas (in the area of Janówka and Koniecbór),
– construction of a road maintenance circuit in the area of the Szkocja Junction in the city of Crampons,
– reconstruction of the existing road network,
– installation of traffic safety devices,
– installation of noise barriers,
– planting greenery.
