D4 Highway, Jarovce - Ivanka North FINAL OPINION (No: 318/2010-3.4/ml) issued by the Slovak Ministry of Environment under Act no. 24/2006 Coll. on the assessment of impacts on the environment and on amendments to certain acts, as amended. I. BASIC INFORMATION ON CLAIMANT 1. Name Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s. 2. ID No. 35 919 001 3. Registered Office Mlynské Nivy 45, 821 09 Bratislava II. BASIC INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED ACTIVITY 1. Name D4 Highway, Jarovce - Ivanka North. 2. Purpose of the project The purpose of the proposed activity is to ensure road linking of existing highway routes D1 and D2 in the southern, eastern and northern part of the City of Bratislava and international interconnection of Slovakia and Austria with transport links to Hungary and the Czech Republic. 3. User Motor public. 4. Location (cadastral area) Region: Bratislava District: Bratislava II, Bratislava V , Senec Municipality: Bratislava, Most pri Bratislave, Ivanka pri Dunaji Cadastral area: Bratislava – district of Jarovce, Rusovce, Podunajské Biskupice and Vajnory, Most pri Bratislave, Ivanka pri Dunaji - Farná, Ivanka pri Dunaji, 5. Dates of Commencement and Completion of the Construction and Operation of the Proposed Works Date of Commencement of Works: 2014 Date of Completion of Works: 2018 Date of Operation: 2018 Estimated year of closure: unkonwn 6. Brief description of technical and technological solutions Baseline situation and objectives Transport in Bratislava is currently (baseline situation) unbearable. This is because of the morning and evening rush hour, as Bratislava is a destination city for motorists. Therefore, the aim of the proposed activity is a road link of existing D1 and D2 highways in the southern, eastern and northern part of Bratislava, while the affected area is also in terms of transport relations and linkages within the region of the "Great Bratislava" very complicated due to the rapid development of the subregion and constantly changing activities and functions in this extremely attractive area where the fixing of transport requirements and links to existing road system is very crucial. Options Ministry of Environment within the scope of the assessment of the proposed activity for the Assessment Report of 19 April 2008 has identified for further assessment of the impacts of construction "D4 highway, Jarovce - Ivanka North", in addition to the zero option, the following options: 0 to 12 km - red option assessed in the plan considering the possibility of routing under the Danube. 12 to 20 km - purple option with modifications, which will represent a compromise taking into account comments from authorities, organizations and communities in the affected region. Prepare maps in the scale of 1: 5000 20 km until the connection to the D1 highway - red option assessed in the plan. Based on the scope of the assessment and the decision of the claimant in the Assessment Report, the submitted and assessed following options: Zero Option "C" red - modification of options "A" and "B" listed in the plan "E" green - alternative proposal (viaduct) of crossing over the Danube along the route of the tunnel option recommended in the Feasibility and effectiveness study of D4 highway and in the annex to the Assessment Report D“ blue - a tunnel under the Danube. When processing the Assessment Report, technical documents were supplemented by a technical study "D4 highway, Ivanka - north interchange, option", drawn up by Geoconsult, s.r.o. in April 2010. The technical study was dealing with alternative conduct of the vertical alignment of D4 when crossing D1 at Ivanka north interchange due to unfavourable hydrogeological conditions in this section (in option "C" led under D1 with a recess under the ground, it is necessary to build a sealed bath due to high groundwater level and other flood protection measures). Option for conduct of D4 is based on modification of the D4 vertical routing over D1, while the modification of the vertical levelling of the highway touches option C at km 21.250 - cad. area (22.800 643) in the section of Jarovce - Ivanka north and options 2a resp.7a and 2b, resp.7b at 0.0 to 0.575 km of Ivanka north - Záhorská Bystrica. Adapting the vertical levelling of option "C" in the section of D4 was, given the baseline option "C" and "E", referred as option "C1". This option addresses the problem section of D4 at the Ivanka north interchange, while significantly eliminating the adverse effects of option "C". Changing the route of R7 Bratislava - Dunajská Lužná throughout the processing of the Opinion 2 After completing the Assessment Report, Ministry of Transport Bratislava on 22 July 2010 under No. 03167/2010-M file no. 30652 determines the continuation of preparation and construction of R7 expressway in the section of Bratislava - Dunajská Lužná, option A red. This regulation replaces the letter of the Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications Ľubomír Vážny no. 01113/2009/SCDPK/M-35967 of 8 September 2009 intending the further preparation of option C green. From a technical point of view affecting the proposed D4 highway options, this decision will be affected only marginally (the feeder and interchange in the green option of R7 and feeder interchange with the road I/63 are to be cancelled and D4 elevated junction is to be replaced by the road I/63. A brief technical and technological description of the construction "C" red - modification of options "A" and "B" listed in the plan "E" green - alternative proposal (viaduct) of crossing over the Danube along the route of the tunnel option recommended in the Feasibility and effectiveness study of D4 highway "D" tunnel: The proposed route of D4 Jarovce - Ivanka north is connected to the end of the D4 highway section nat. border SK/A - D4 and D2 Jarovce interchange. Then it passes through the cadastral are of Jarovce and Rusovce, crosses the railway line no. 132 Bratislava Petržalka - Rusovce and road I/2, it passes on the bridge over the Danube and continues through cad. area of Podunajské Biskupice in north-easterly direction. Bypassing the urban area of the village of Rovinka from the west in the area between the village and Slovnaft, it crosses the road I/63 and the railway track no.131 Bratislava - Komárno, then the west bypass of the village of Most pri Bratislave, crossing the road II/572 and the Little Danube. Along the Šúrsky channel to the north and it continues in the area between Bratislava Airport and the village of Zálesie and Ivanka pri Dunaji to the intersection with the road I/61. The last section from the intersection with road I/61 continues after crossing the railway line no. 130 Bratislava - Galanta to the D1 highway, where is the end of the section in the proposed intersection of D4/D1 Ivanka north. After completing the Assessment Report, Ministry of Transport Bratislava on 22 July 2010 under No. 03167/2010-M file no. 30652 determines the continuation of preparation and construction of R7 expressway in the section of Bratislava - Dunajská Lužná, option A red. This regulation replaces the letter of the Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications Ľubomír Vážny no. 01113/2009/SCDPK/M-35967 of 8 September 2009 intending the further preparation of option C green. This decision in terms of the effect shall affect the proposed options of D4 highway just minimally (the feeder and interchange in the green option of R7 and feeder interchange with the road I/63 are to be cancelled and D4 elevated junction is to be replaced by the road I/63, for further details see the Study of R7 Bratislava - Dunajská Lužná be consulted on the NDS, a.s. respectively the Assessment Report R7 Bratislava - Dunajská Lužná - on the internet of Enviroportal) and to be replaced by Rovinka elevated junction. Option "C" - red Horizontal design The section begins at "Jarovce" EI where the D4 highway joins D2. The route continues north of the city district Bratislava - Jarovce, it crosses the railway track Bratislava - Rusovce through the bridge, road I/2 and right bank of the Danube, passes the southern edge of Jarovské arm and planned rowing course, vertically to the bridge over the Danube and its left-hand barrier. On the right bank of the Danube it passes by the nature reserve (NR) Danube islands and the NATURA 2000 protected area (Ostrovné lúčky). On the left bank of the Danube it passes the viaduct through NR Gajc (but at its narrowest point) and protected landscape area (PLA) Danube 3 floodplains, which are part of NATURA 2000 protected sites (Biskupické Luhy). Negative impacts of D4 passage through this territory will be eliminated by the D4 routed on viaduct up to 5.545 km. On the left bank of the Danube D4 passes south of the gravel mining site Ketelec where the elevated junction will be placed with the planned urban collecting road from Prístavná street, led west from Slovnaft, a.s. There is designed a large double-sided parking area "Rovinka" at 9.250 km of D4. The highway route at 10.884 km of D4 crosses the road I/63 as elevated junction. At 11.750 km of D4 the proposed"Rovinka" EI with the I/63. D4 highway continues through railway track Bratislava - Dunajská Streda north of Most pri Bratislave, which in the future should cross the new, prospective expressway of Bratislava - Vlčkovce (in terms of NDS objectives) and road II/572 as elevated junction. Linking the two roads with D4 will be made through the collector strips in one elevated interchange of Most pri Bratislave. D4 route continues before landing-takeoff runway RWY 13-31 of Bratislava Airport and crosses the Little Danube with a bridge.