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The renovation of the Chain Bridge has been a topic for years, and it seems that the matter can no longer be postponed. The Orbán government and the left-wing city government have been telling each other for months that there is not enough money for reconstruction, but now the cabinet has said that it will give six billion florins, of course under certain conditions.
One of them is that the bridge cannot be closed for more than 18 months.
– results from article 24.hu.
Until October 28, four companies can bid for the investment, A-Híd építő Zrt., Közgép Építő- és Fémszerkezetgyártó Zrt., SDD Consortium and Strabag Általános Építő Kft. The four competitors have good chances of starting, and three of them the company considers itself close to the government. According to sources at 24.hu, Közgép, which used to belong to Lajos Simicska, has good chances, although the infamous G-day started on the hillside after February 6, 2015. So much so that last year it managed to reach a turnover of 1.1 billion guilders, but at the beginning of the year it already won a large order, promising revenue of more than 43 billion guilders. The Public Machine is currently owned by László Szjjj, on whose luxurious yacht Péter Szijjártó launched steam in August.
Strabag also has good chances, according to the newspaper, despite the fact that it is not a Hungarian-owned company, but an Austrian-owned one.
According to the news, A-Híd Zrt. You can make a good price offer to the capital, because you have a fleet that can be an advantage in building water. The company run by Endre Apáthy did well during Orbán’s first government, although it also benefited during the MSZP-SZDSZ government: His company built the Kőröshegy valley bridge for approximately HUF 78 billion, but it still fell. of capital investments. , when Demszky ran Budapest, but more recently he also works with the L derinc Mészáros companies.
Most surprising, according to 24.hu, would be that the SDD Consortium had the noble task, one of whose key members is Dömper Kft. Last year, it managed to generate an after-tax profit of almost 2 billion guilders. Its indirect owner is Róbert Abronits, whose old company, Viadom, has failed quite a bit in the past. However, it seems that this did not discourage the government, because with this company they built a road almost ten kilometers long that bypasses the Castle Palace for almost thirty billion guilders.
The General Assembly of the Capital voted just over 23 billion HUF for the renovation of the Chain Bridge, but of course Budapest does not have that much money. Officially, everything depends on the offers that come from the companies. Most likely the most important consideration when evaluating plans is price, but the bottom line doesn’t matter at all. If the aforementioned companies charge more for the renovation of the Chain Bridge, they can withdraw the tender, thus making the case of the Chain Bridge again.
It can also be, of course, that the companies offer quite acceptable offers, and then the reconstruction is carried out by a company close to the NER, which will be unpleasant for Mayor Gergely Karácsony, because the opposition likes to mention that it puts the judicial companies of the Orbán government in public procurement. .
(Cover image: The Chain Bridge from a bird’s eye view on August 31, 2020. Photo: Zoltán Máthé / MTI)
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