Since early November, more than 600 colleagues have been working in 24-hour shifts at 20 operation and maintenance centres across the country to ensure that the 1,237 km of express roads and motorways belonging to us remain usable also in winter.

In addition, 160 trucks are also on standby permanently. If necessary, salt spreaders, snow ploughs and snow blowers can be deployed as well. For the anti-skid activity, we are preparing with 33 thousand tonnes of salt, half a million litres of a special solution and 300 tonnes of granulates.

Even though the weather seems to be reluctant to go into winter mode, we ask you to change your summer tyres for winter tyres and drive by the rules!

Driving is a board game! Drive carefully! We are on track. Together, with you.

A few days ago, we started to address the rest stops along the motorways with the renovation of the Polgári Rest Stop (M3). This year, 8 rest stops will be renewed (on the M3, M35 and M7 motorways), both inside and outside. We will replace the machinery, the internal finishes, the sanitary ware, the doors, the roofs, and the external facades. New furniture will also be installed and, where necessary, new asphalt will replace the old pavements in the car parks and rest areas.

The renovation of the rest stops includes the renewal of the external green environment. Details of this will be reported soon. Renovations will be ongoing from now on. This year alone, we are spending hundreds of millions of forints on the works.

As an experiment, we have equipped some of our cars with dashboard cameras. So, from 30 August, some of our road patrol, foreman and so-called truck mounted attenuator (TMA) vehicles have been equipped with front and rear dashboard cameras – For everyone’s protection.

In the past year, since MKIF Zrt. took over the operation of 1,237 km of national express roads, our colleagues have suffered 24 accidents. On average, they had an unfortunate incident on the roads every two weeks, mostly caused by careless drivers.

Five of our colleagues have been hospitalised, eight of our road patrol cars have been crashed, and 13 so-called TMAs have been damaged since the 1^st of September last year.

The balance and the experience are devastating. Many drivers run into our vehicles without braking, or are so late in noticing our cars on duty with their lights and highly visible orange colour that they are unable to avoid the collision.

Seeing the number of injuries and value of property damage, we decided to install cameras to protect our colleagues and our vehicles. We expect this to improve road safety and driving morale. We hope that the fact that our cars record traffic will bring greater safety for our staff. Thereby protecting their lives, their physical safety and the integrity of our cars.

The expected duration of the pilot project is 4-6 weeks. After evaluating the results, we will decide how to proceed with the programme.

We place a special sticker on our camera-equipped cars that contains a QR code which, if scanned, directs you to our privacy notice. But you can also find it at the following link: https://mkif.hu/adatvedelem/

For legal and data protection issues related to image capture, you can contact our Data Protection Officer at the following e-mail address: [email protected].

We wish you all a safe journey!

MKIF – For everyone’s protection.

You can watch our project launch video here: https://fb.watch/mKIYZR3r5g/

A drop of blood and 35 seconds – that is all a tiny life can depend on. More babies may survive from today!

Many children are born premature, which can imply complications.

Since 1989, the Peter Cerny Foundation for the Treatment of Sick Premature Babies has been operating its 0-24 premature baby ambulance and transport ambulance service, which has been called out to 92,262 cases.

There were 19,942 cases where the baby needed ventilatory support. For premature babies who need ventilators, it is vital that accurate respirator settings are used to avoid damage to the lungs and nervous system.

That is why we were delighted to hand over the EPOC device, which allows them to control their treatment in the same way as if they were in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Thank you for your tireless work!

The purchase of the equipment was supported by MKIF Zrt. through the Pro Filii Foundation.

The levelling up works on the express roads operated by MKIF Hungarian Concession Infrastructure Development Plc. in Hungary, which started in April, have reached the half-way point. By the 1^st of August, MKIF Zrt. replaced 312 km of lane length and 1.6 million sqm of worn-out, deteriorated pavement with new asphalt on nine express roads in the country. (Please note that the works data are given in lane lengths. Lane length means that if, for example, a 1 km section of a motorway is completely renewed on both sides and on both (inside and outside) lanes, then a 4 km lane length of the express road section concerned has been levelled up).

The work carried out so far used 200 thousand tonnes of asphalt. In addition to the top wearing layer, the underlying bonding layer was also replaced where necessary. The M1, M3 and M7 motorways saw the most pavement renewal, with around 4/5 of the work done so far on these three motorways. In addition, 36 bridges and flyovers were renewed in the last four months.

In September 2022, MKIF Zrt. took over the operation, maintenance and development of 1,237 km of the expressway network in Hungary. Right at the start, in early October, we repaved 130,000 square metres (corresponding to the size of almost 18 football pitches) of the most critical sections before winter.

Then, in April, we launched the biggest express road renovation in Hungary’s history. It is planned to repave 297 km (2.5 million square metres) this year. The renovation, which we call “levelling up”, will involve 538 km of motorway, expressway over three years. Across the country, 200 bridges and flyovers will be renewed, including four major bridges: the Rába Bridge (M1), the Oszlár Tisza Bridge (M3), the Köröshegy Valley Bridge (M7) and the Pentele Bridge (M8). At 50-60 junctions, the drainage systems and any slope failures will also be fixed.

Furthermore, we will also renovate dozens of rest stops. We will improve the roofs of the buildings and toilets, replace and repair machinery, thus increasing operational safety and simplifying operations. We will also put new furniture in these rest stops, replacing the outdated wooden street furniture. In addition, we will plant trees and place selective waste containers in the rest stops.

Tens of billions of forints are planned to be spent on renovating express roads in 67 locations this year. This of course involves diversions and traffic restrictions. We try to organise the work in time and space to minimise inconvenience. Therefore, we started the whole renovation after Easter, and no levelling up works were planned on the M7 between the capital and Lake Balaton during the holiday period. All diversions will be communicated in a timely and continuous manner via our website, Facebook page and ÚTINFORM.

The works are necessary to ensure that travellers can use the road in good condition. Please follow our website and always check the current traffic situation before departure and plan longer journeys during the renovations.

We kindly ask for your understanding and support during the renovations. We work for you.

MKIF Zrt. wishes you a safe journey!

Budapest, 2 August 2023.