Austria

Kärnten: Tunnel Safety given Priority for current Investments

In late February ASFINAG board member Alois Schedl (left) together with the governor of Kärnten Dr. Peter Kaiser presented the 2017 investments for traffic safety, relieving congestion and maintaining the existing infrastructure Quelle/credit: ASFINAG
In late February ASFINAG board member Alois Schedl (left) together with the governor of Kärnten Dr. Peter Kaiser presented the 2017 investments for traffic safety, relieving congestion and maintaining the existing infrastructure
Quelle/credit: ASFINAG

Traffic safety, relieving congestion and maintaining the existing infrastructure represent the aims of the Austrian state-owned motorway operator ASFINAG. This year the company is investing no less than 75 million euros for these purposes in the Kärnten motorway and trunk road network. By 2022, 630 million euros are earmarked in the ASFINAG investment programme for Kärnten.

 

Tunnel Safety on the A 2
enjoys Priority in 2017

The biggest overall project being tackled in 2017, is upgrading the safety of the tunnels on the A 2 South motorway between Klagenfurt and the border with Styria. Altogether...

Find out more in

tunnel 02/2017

Find out more in

tunnel 02/2017

Ressort:  Nachrichten | News
subscription Content

Related articles:

Issue 06/2015 Austria/Slovenia

Karawanken Tunnel Redevelopment

Based on the state treaty between Austria and former Yugoslavia dating from 1977, the Austrian and Slovenian motorway operators, ASFINAG and DARS agreed in mid-April 2015 to jointly finance and...

more
Austria/Slovenia

Ceremonial Opening of the New Tube of the Karawanken Tunnel

Following a construction period of seven and a half years in total – due to a delay in the contract award and challenging hydrogeological conditions on the Slovenian side – the tunnel, which is just...

more
Issue 02/2026 Austria/Slovenia | Österreich/Slowenien

Ceremonial Opening of the New Tube of the Karawanken Tunnel

On 18 March 2026, the newly constructed tube of the Karawanken Tunnel on the A11 Karawanken Motorway was officially opened with a grand ceremony attended by Federal Minister Peter Hanke, Federal...

more
Issue 05/2018 Austria/Slovenia

Karawanken Tunnel: ASFINAG starts Construction of the second Tube

On September 18, 2018, ASFINAG (Austrian Motorway Authority) heralded in the complete further development of the Karawanken Tunnel with the ground-breaking ceremony on the A 11 Karawanken motorway....

more
Issue 03/2015 Austria

Second Klaus Tunnel Bore: Start of Excavation in April 2015

Currently the Klaus chain of tunnels between the Klaus and St. Pankraz/Hinterstoder junctions, the Bosruck and the Gleinalm tunnels, which represent undeveloped gaps on the A9 Pyhrn Motorway, are...

more