Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico inaugurates the longest motorway tunnel in the country, passing on roller skates through a immense 7.5-kilometre construction.
The beginning ceremony of the Visnove tunnel was held on Monday, after the facility was yet completed after more than 3 decades of planning and more than 10 years of construction.
The Prime Minister ran the full section of the tunnel on roller skates, publishing the video on his Facebook page.
Fico proclaimed openly a large accomplishment for the country, accusing his predecessors of disrupting construction.
"Those who have never done anything for this task or opposed it... present they curse and slander, while those who know what it means to bring specified a task to an end have a grin on their face” Fico wrote.
The task first appeared in the early 1990s in Czechoslovakia, and preparatory work began in 1998.
Construction began at the end of the first decade of the 21st century under Fico's rule, but was halted by his successor, Mikuláš Dzurinda, due to concerns over costs.
The task was yet resumed, but it was plagued by repeated delays, changes in contractors and many missed deadlines.
The Visnove tunnel is the core of a new, 13.5 km section of the D1 motorway, the oldest, longest and busiest east-west road in Slovakia, which runs through most of the country's territory. In addition to the tunnel, the fresh section covers many bridges and crosses the small Fatra mountain range.
The fresh road is intended to relieve the old, accident-threatening section of the D1 motorway moving around the mountains north of the Polish border.
The fresh section of the road is expected to importantly improve traffic in this area and reduce travel time by at least 15 minutes.
Translated by Google Translator
source:https://www.rt.com/news/629887-fico-opens-new-tunnel/
