Mott Macdonald supervising sections for Poland’s A1 highway

2579 Mott MacDonald has won the contract to supervise construction of Poland’s A1 highway. The company supervise work for two sections of the A1 highway, a project being co-financed by the country’s General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways and the European Union (EU). The construction of the A1 highway is due to for completion in early 2019.

The project is intended to tackle congestion in the city of Czestochowa. It will diverting traffic from the city centre onto the newly constructed 25km highway. The project includes building four junctions and accompanying structures, as well as four bridges, nine road overpasses and 15 viaducts.

Mott MacDonald will verify design documentation and provide construction supervision services. The consultancy will then monitor operations for a 15 month period. A key feature of this project will be its close attention to minimising the environmental impact of the construction work and the new highway link. The highway runs through Natura 2000, a network of nature protection areas. To help mitigate any potential problems, two environmental experts have been employed to control and minimise the impact of potential environmental risks.