HATC SAMPLE EDITION:    Politics & Foreign Relations    Economic News    Business News    Other News of Interest    All stories	13th November, 2026 Budapest airport road upgrade planned The government is restarting preparations for the long-delayed reconstruction of Budapest’s airport expressway, according to a decree published on Wednesday. The government will allocate up to Ft 8 billion in the 2027 budget and Ft 16.5 billion in 2028. The funding will cover land acquisition – including more than 300 properties – and site preparations, with a public procurement tender for construction to follow once the final designs are completed. Transport and Investment Minister Dávid Vitézy expects the construction tender to be launched in the second half of 2027, with major works scheduled to begin in 2029. The plans envisage expanding the existing single-lane road in each direction into a dual carriageway, rebuilding overpasses and separating road and rail traffic at the end of Üllői út. Sources regularly consulted, with abbreviations used in text: Népszabadság (N); Magyar Hírlap (MH); Világgazdaság (VG); Napi Gazdaság (NG); Magyar Nemzet (MN); Népszava (Nsz); Kossuth Rádió news (KR); nightly TV news (TV).
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