Skanska has won a PLN198m ($64m) construction contract for the construction of a stretch of the S8 express road near Lódz and the A1 motorway near Wroclaw, Poland.

The project involves the construction of 1.3km of the S8 at Wroclaw junction, and 2.8km of the A1 near Lódz.

Skanska will also build four viaducts over the A1, as well as animal passages and acoustic screens.

The work will begin immediately and is expected to be complete within 27 months.