The main north-south axis of Zalaegerszeg is again bidirectional

In 1976, Kosztolányi Dezső Road, which runs from the large church in the city centre to the railway station, was made one-way. Since the early 2000s, there have been plans to restore two-way traffic in order to relieve traffic on the parallel Kossuth Street. The HYDROCOMP Mélyépítő Kft. and INTER-TEFU Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft., the long-awaited renovation has finally been completed.

More than 1.3 kilometres of the Kosztolányi road were upgraded using HUF 450 million from the Operational Programme for Regional and Urban Development and HUF 1.3 billion from government funds. The project, which started last autumn, was the first phase of the road upgrading and the second phase - the continuation of the recently completed upgrading - is expected to start in October.

A total of 15 billion forints worth of transport investments are underway in Zalaegerszeg, said László Vigh, Member of Parliament of the region.

The city currently has 36,000 cars, but including those that arrive here, around 50,000 vehicles use Zalaegerszeg's roads every day, spending around 300 million forints a year to maintain them. "Never in the last 30 years has there been so much investment in transport at the same time as there is now," added Mayor Zoltán Balaicz.