Construction of the Ornowo – Wirwajdy section on the S5 route starts

Budimex is starting the construction of the S5 expressway on the Ornowo – Wirwajdy section in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The symbolic groundbreaking ceremony took place on July 29, 2020. The value of the contract with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Olsztyn Branch, is PLN 165.6 million net.

The construction of the investment on the Ornowo – Wirwajdy section will cover a route of about 5 km. This section is a continuation of the Ostróda bypass along national road No. 16 and is part of the S5 expressway to Grudziądz, and finally to Wrocław. The official start of work took place three months after the contract was signed.

The task includes the construction of a dual carriageway road and the reconstruction of transverse access streets to the bypass.  The Ostróda West junction, two viaducts and four animal crossings will also be built. The general contractor undertook to implement the project within 31 months from the start of the works. The time of execution of the works does not include winter periods.

The construction of the S5 on the Ornowo – Wirwajdy section is another road investment of Budimex in this part of Polish. Earlier, the general contractor completed the Olsztyn bypass and the southern bypass of Ostróda Subsection B, i.e. a nearly 10-kilometre section of the S7 expressway (9.7 km) and a slightly shorter national road DK16 (9 km). The scope of works of the Ostróda investment also included the construction of the largest extradosed bridge in Europe. The record-breaking four-span investment with a total length of 677 meters was made using the overhang technology.