Length 93.1 km | ||
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From: A1 near Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice To: D3 motorway, border with Slovakia Major cities Bielsko-Biała, Sosnowiec, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Mysłowice, Tychy, Żywiec | ||
Expressway S1 or express road S1 is an expressway under construction in Poland with a planned length of 130 km (81 mi), which is located in the Silesian and Lesser Poland voivodeships. Upon completion it will connect the A1 motorway near the Katowice International Airport in Pyrzowice with the A4 motorway and the border of Slovakia in Zwardoń along with the D3 Motorway in Slovakia. The main part of the route is the Eastern beltway of Upper Silesian Industrial Region.
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Map of S1, Poland
Kosztowy-II-Bielsko-Biała
As of the end of May 2016 there were 6 road options proposed, five of which were already available by June 2008.
At first option IV(D) was preferable. It had to go parallel to Brzeszcze – Oświęcim railway tracks. However, UNESCO protested against the choice, as, in their opinion, it would have crossed the quietness line around the former German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, and, as the result, UNESCO would have put the camp into the endangered list.
At the beginning of August 2009 the head of Miedźna commune has announced to media his option of the S1 (option VI), that would have gone on the borders of the Miedźna i Bojszowy communes, through the forest. In November 2009 it was accepted by all the local communes. However, GDDKiA rseignated from option VI because of environmental issues. The road would have passed through "Stawy w Brzeszczach" reserve for birds conservation, which was not acceptable.
Option VI
Communes through which the road would have passed according to the option VI
Option V
Communes through which the road would have passed according to the option V
The project will cost approximately 1.437 bln złotych.
Interchanges
4 options from 2012
In 2013 a new option, presented by the mining companies "SILESIA" and "Brzeszcze" and by Miedźna, Brzeszcze and Bestwina communes, was proposed. The option "H"(or hybrid), as it is known, was an initial compromise between the companies and communes and GDDKiA. It didn't come into life, however.