The Ministry of Transport has requested building permits for subsection 4.4.1 of the Bar–Boljare highway’s priority section, Dnevne Novine writes.
Bridges Tara 1 and Tara 2, the Matesevo tunnel and a loop are to be built on this subsection, as well as the open segment of it.
According to information gained by Dnevne Novine, the permits are to be expedited which will significantly increase the pace of works on the priority section Smokovac-Uvac-Matesevo.
For the time being, 12 permits have been issued for the priority section. All necessary permits are to be issued by the mid-June. This has been recently confirmed by the minister of transport Osman Nurkovic.
Currently, 1,820 workers have been engaged for the construction work of which 615 are domestic. According to Nurkovic’s expectations, €194m out of €200m will be spent for the first highway section this year.
The contractor has been paid €10.76m for two invoices since January and a third invoice amounting to €20m is expected shortly. Nurkovic said the contractor has made a firm promise that in the next months another invoice of between €25m and €30m will be issued.
The contractor, China Road and Bridge Corporation, along with subcontractors, are currently working on 32 kilometres of open segments including 16 tunnels and four bridges.
