M7 motorway is now

The border crossing on M70 will also be opened on Tuesday, just like the Pince-Lendava-Beltinci section in Slovenia, Hungarian news portal Index.hu reported on Monday.The first (half) motorway section of the M7 motorway was built 42 years ago, and the last, cc. 16-km section between Zalakomár and Nagykanizsa, will make the stretch between Budapest and the Croatian border complete.A new four-lane, 216-metre-long, motorway bridge (Zrínyi Bridge) at the Letenye-Gorican border crossing is under construction and is expected to be completed by Zagreb-based Hidroelektra Niskogradnja d.d. by October. Costs of the construction, EUR 8m ($11.75m) in total, are covered 50-50% by Hungary and Croatia.
From October, a direct motorway route will lead to the Adriatic Sea on the Hungarian M7, and the Croatian A4 motorways, from Budapest and the inner part of Hungary. Moreover, as soon as the eastern sector of the M0 roundabout is completed and opened to the public, people from northeast countries can also have an uninterrupted journey to the sea.
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and Transport Minister Pál Szabó will inaugurate another motorway section on Tuesday, as the Pince-Lendava-Beltinci section, the continuation of Hungary's M70 corridor, and the Tornyiszentmiklós-Pince border crossing will also be opened to the public.
There is, however, still no gas station on the M7/M70 route between Siófok and the Croatian/Slovenian border. The first petrol stations on the M7 at Lake Balaton could be up and running by the end of the year at the earliest. This creates a problem not only for those whose tank is drying up but also for those who want to buy an M7 motorway sticker on this section.

Source: Portfolio.hu Online Financial Journal

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