Electricity development in Szeged: nearly a kilometre of track to be renewed

A part of the track of Szeged tram line 4 is being renewed: between Dugonics Square and the Szivárvány siding, 600 metres of track will be replaced, and between the Pick salami factory and Szabadkai út, 350 metres of track will be replaced. In places where the condition of the track requires it, the ballast of the rails will be repaired and the car crossings will be covered with concrete, said Municipal Councillor Rózsa Fenyvesi Koromné at a press conference on 19 March.

Work will end in mid-May

The renovation is being carried out with 169 million forints in municipal funding – the city has already spent more than 100 million forints on the reconstruction of tram line 4 in previous years. The work is scheduled to last until 17 May, during which time replacement buses will transport passengers between Anna-kút and Kecskés. According to information from szeged.hu information, the modernisation work is being carried out by the municipally owned Szegedi Közlekedési Társaság (SZKT) .

László Makrai, managing director of Szegedi Környezetgazdálkodási Nkft., said that a detailed survey of the tree line next to the tramway was carried out before the project. It turned out that 12 trees needed to be cut down, three others were close to death and two needed to be pruned. The majority of the trees were attacked by a fungal disease, root rot.

New trees will be planted in five times the number of felled trees. Tree species and varieties such as silver linden, southern oyster, pannonic ash, for example, will be planted that can withstand the changed climate, summer drought and heat, the director said.