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The purpose of the project and reasons for its implementation

The Europe Highway E18 (Highway 1) from Muurla to Lohjanharju is currently a two-lane highway where traffic safety and the smoothness of traffic are at an extremely low level. The road is narrow, curved and hilly, and has numerous junctions that weaken the security of industrial transportation. With increased traffic the problems will grow worse. The motorway between Muurla and Lohja completes the missing part of the motorway between Turku and Helsinki.

The implementation of the project

• ensures a sufficient and uniform level of service on Finland�s most important international connection, which also serves the fastest developing areas of Finland and mass transportation

• ensures the development of the growth centres in the whole of south-west Finland and Turku, Salo and Lohja, and their connections to the Greater Helsinki Area 

• prevents numerous losses of lives and accidents leading to personal injury

• reduces noise impact and minimises the risk of contaminating groundwater 

• enables the efficient utilisation of all the benefits of the connection between Turku and Helsinki

Project descrition card
E18 Turku - Helsinki section between Muurla - Lohja (pdf 110k)