New impetus for Újdombóvár with this infrastructure development

The main street of Újdombóvár, the central route of the district, has been renovated: the stormwater drainage system and the pavements have been upgraded by SWIETELSKY Magyarország Kft. on behalf of the municipality. Kálmán Vajda, the company's chief area engineer, informed our newspaper about the development on the southern side of the Tolna County town.

The expert was the first to set a timeframe for investment. He said that the SWIETELSKY Magyarország started work on 27 July 2023 and the technical handover was completed on 30 November 2023 - a remarkable figure considering that the contract deadline was 8 months, not 4.

A paved main street was opened with 380 newly planted trees

The project involved the demolition of around 1600 metres of the old stormwater drainage system - both on the right and left side of Main Street - and the construction of a completely new sewer network. The entire pavement and all gateways were also removed and rebuilt along this stretch.

The project in numbers

• 2300 metres of trench paving were completed,
• 1 100 metres of culverts have been built,
• nearly 8,000 square metres of new pavement and gateway - paved with paving stones,
• and 380 trees were also planted.

In response to a question, Kálmán Vajda said that the only challenge was the utility replacements, because of the downtown environment. Thanks to the good cooperation with local utility companies, these could be done quickly and did not pose a major obstacle.

The city has become more beautiful

The leading expert is obviously well acquainted with the characteristics of Dombóvár: according to him, the project is located not only in the name of Fő utca, but also in the axis of a district, the main street of Újdombóvár.

"A significant part of the population of the municipality lives here, and the project has affected the centre of the district, Petőfi Square, where there are many institutions - kindergarten, school, medical clinics, post office and shops.

Thanks to the renewed rainwater drainage system, new pavements, new driveways and new tree-lined areas, Újdombóvár and thus Dombóvár itself has become much more beautiful and liveable"

- he said.

A few more years and Újdombóvár will be a hundred years old

The chief engineer also informed us about the historical background of the district: we learned that it was built as a railway station from 1919, and was an independent settlement until its merger with Dombóvár in 1946. It was designed by Saguly Károly, and was platted on the basis of this design.

Fő utca, which was called Esterházy Pál utca until 1944, was the central street of the settlement from the very beginning, and the fact that the Church of the Assumption and the school were built here only strengthened its status.