This, he insisted, is the costliest such project “in the history of Hungary’s motorways”. Jávor noted that the section, built on flatland, was one billion forints more expensive per kilometre than another section of the M7 built in rolling countryside in the west.

In response to Jávor’s announcement, the National Development Ministry said in a statement that the EU routinely monitored the financing of any major project.

The EU consented to providing support for the construction, and had already started making routine checks regarding the project’s necessity, cost of construction and its environmental aspects.

Source www.hungarymatters.hu

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