The construction of the Hungarian port has started at the Adriatic Sea in Trieste, Italy, said Levente Magyar, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Work is set to begin with the construction of a large section of the seawall and a 50,000-cubic meter filling on Hungarian state-owned land in northern Italy, as stated by the officials during a visit to the construction site on February 20.
According to Magyar, a 250-meter stretch of coastline will be built in the first stage, to be extended by about 400 meters, giving Hungary a total of 650 meters of coastline on the Adriatic.
The Hungarian government acquired the land for EUR 31 million, under a 60-year concession agreement, entrusting Adria Port Zrt., a state-owned enterprise, with the development.
The Italian Deputy Minister for Infrastructure, Edoardo Rixi, also attended the groundbreaking ceremony.