Metro Bratislava, a.s., the main investor in the construction of Kosicka bridge over the Danube River in Bratislava, will hand over the construction site to the winning consortium comprising of Doprastav and MCE Voest Linz on Thursday and Friday, director general of Metro Ladislav Csader told SITA. Doprastav and MCE Voest Linz will start building the fifth bridge over the Danube River in Bratislava on February 1. Kosicka Bridge should be ready for use on May 31, 2005.

The project is jointly financed from the state budget and loans from EIB and Slovak commercial banks. The project is considered to be vital for the development of Bratislava by linking southern Petrzalka to Bratislava on the northern bank of the Danube. Together with improvements to the city center road network, the project is expected to significantly improve traffic flow to relieve city center congestion.