Setting up a Safe and Secure Truck Parking near Budapest

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The project covers the construction of a new safe and secure truck parking area (SSTPA) on the Hungarian motorway M1 between Budapest and Gyor, in the proximity of the city of Tatabanya. The concerned motorway is part of the TEN-T core network specifically the Orient/East–Mediterranean as well as the Rhine–Danube corridor. Currently, there is a lack of SSTPA along the motorways of the region, which does not meet the increasing demand for appropriate facilities that offer the necessary service quality to truck operators. This situation leads to driving time that does not comply with the statutory stop time limits, and hence to accidents, as well as to congestion of the local road network when heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) leave the motorway to find a suitable parking place. The lack of SSTPAs also leads to an increased risk of freight crimes. The project will thus represent the first step for meeting the above demand. In particular, the project will deliver 150 safe and secure parking spaces for HGVs in compliance with the “Gold” level EU Parking Standard. The new SSTPA will provide ITS services in line with the requirements of the Regulation 885/2013. The results of the project will increase road safety and security, allow for time savings (for reaching a secure parking), ensure benefits for users and benefits to the environment by reducing the number of trucks on the local road network.