Hungary鈥檚 cycle path network will add up to almost 15,000kms by 2030, a Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) official said on Saturday.
The ITM is steadily improving cycling infrastructure within and between localities, as well as financing the 50 billion forint (EUR 136.7m) construction of 850kms of bicycle paths nationwide, state secretary for transport development, L谩szl贸 Mos贸czi, said in 脡cs, in north-western Hungary, inaugurating the cycle path connecting 骋测艖谤 and Pannonhalma as part of the government鈥檚 Modern Cities scheme. The 18.4km cycle path cost a net 1.7 billion forints to build. He noted that the entire cycle path network around Lake Balaton is being revamped and a cycle route between Budapest and Lake Balaton will be built.
Hungary, he added, is the third most important cycling nation in Europe. The government has achieved much to integrate isolated 鈥渋slands鈥� of cycle systems into a national network, he added. National road company Magyar K枚z煤t Nonprofit took over the maintenance of more than a 1,000kms of cycle paths from the local governments, he noted.
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