BUDIMEX SA On 07.11.2022, the symbolic first dig was made, and work began on the nine-kilometre-long Oświęcim bypass being built by Budimex. The development includes the construction of national road 44, a high-speed trunk road constituting a bypass of Oświęcim connecting with the S1 Mysłowice - Bielsko-Biała expressway in the area of the Oświęcim junction.
The contract in the Design and Build formula was concluded with the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways, Krakow branch, on 10.07.2020, and the application for a decision on permission for the implementation of a road project was submitted in accordance with the Contract on 10.05.2021.
The construction will be carried out in the immediate vicinity of Natura 2000 areas and over the 'Zasole' water intake for the municipality and town of Oświęcim. The bypass is also in the immediate vicinity of the former Nazi Germany concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Therefore, the project had to take into account the provisions and requirements resulting from the UNESCO Heritage Impact Assessment Report.
Due to the requirements of the Unesco Report for the protection of the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site, acoustic protections such as earth embankments and earth and panel screens were designed. Lowered road lighting and fittings with directional light distribution to the road surface were also used to minimise the dispersion of light off the road. Greenery was designed to isolate the Oswiecim bypass visually from observation points in historically sensitive locations. 'During the design process, an advanced analysis of the visibility of the future road from the Auschwitz Museum was also carried out through the efforts of the Contract', says Paweł Zawiła, Budimex Head of Contract.
To do this, a terrain model was reconstructed along with the greenery by means of photogrammetry using drones, a visualisation of the designed protection elements such as screens and earth embankments was added, and a simulation was carried out as to whether elements of the road infrastructure or high vehicles would be visible from the camp zone with such protection. The analysis confirmed the correct adjustment of the route and the effectiveness of the designed protections, and was assessed highly by the international Unesco Commission', adds Paweł Zawiła.
The investment includes the construction of:
9 km of a dual carriageway GP-class road with the accompanying infrastructure for traffic safety and environmental protection
5 intersections
A 432 m long bridge over the Vistula River, built using the incremental launch technology.
The WK2 viaduct - a passage under the active LK93 and LK882 railway lines.
A 463-m-long bridge over the Soła River, the Zasole water intake and Kamieniec pond built using the overhang brackets technology with the longest span of up to 140 m.
Reconstruction of a 10.1-km-long high voltage line.
Reconstruction of a gas pipeline.
Construction and reconstruction of local roads with a length of 16.1 km.
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