NDS Presents Visnove Tunnel to Public as Part of Tunnel Open Day

Visnove, 21 December (TASR) - The National Highway Company (NDS) presented the Visnove Tunnel, which is part of the D1 motorway section between Lietavska Lucka and Dubná Skala (Zilina region), to the public on Sunday. In addition to guided tours, it also prepared a cultural programme for visitors to the Tunnel Open Day. "We held the Tunnel Open Day on Sunday for the public and for those who won't drive through it by car, so that they could touch and see what our contractors managed to build," said NDS general director Filip Machacek. According to Machacek, the public had an opportunity to visit the tunnel up to the first cross-connection as part of the event. "The guided tours included explanations of the technological units that are there," he said, adding that the event also included an inauguration of a new fire station. An official opening of the new D1 section between Lietavska Lucka and Dubna Skala, including the Visnove Tunnel near Zilina, is scheduled for Monday. The whole section is 13.5-kilometres long, with the tunnel itself measuring 7.5 kilometres, making it the longest road tunnel in the country upon opening. The section will form part of the D1 motorway between Bratislava and Kosice and will relieve traffic on the I/18 first-category road in the Strecno area. ko