[SRB] Serbian motorways • Autoputevi /Aутопутеви

[CrazySerb]

About time to start a thread about current & planned highway construction in Serb Republic & Montenegro

First, a little introduction:

Serb Republic - Република Српска

Area - 25,053 km²
Population - 1,600,000 (2006 est.)
Capital - Banja Luka (250,000 pop.)

Montenegro - Црна Гора

Area - 13,812 km2
Population - 684,736 (2006 est.)
Capital - Podgorica (~200.000 pop)

[CrazySerb]

Serb Republic, being larger than Slovenia, and with a population bigger than Estonia and Montenegro, about the size of Northern Ireland with a population of Cyprus, are calling for the construction of close to one thousand kilometers of highways within the next 5-10 years

[CrazySerb]

In Serb Republic, construction has already started on the very important Banja Luka - Gradiska highway section, a very much needed link with the Belgrade-Zagreb highway

[CrazySerb]

For Montenegro, the number one priority is the highway linking Serbian capital Belgrade with its port at Bar.

Montenegrin part of motorway will be 185,5 km long, an by far most expensive one, as estimated cost is around 2 billion euros. The rugged mountanious terrain imposes building large number of tunnels and bridges along the section. The Montenegrin part is currently in planning phase, as Montenegrin Faculty of Civil Engineering is curently in process of designing the motorway. So far, there is no consensus on how will Montenegro finance the building of this motorway. This is an immense investment for Montenegro, which has a GDP of 2,4 billion euros. It is estimated that the motorway will incorporate over 18 km of bridges and 32 km of tunnels on Montenegrin section.

Building of this motorway is considered a top priority by Montenegrin Government, as current road link of Montenegrin coast and Podgorica with northern Montenegro and Serbia is obsolete and dangerous road, with only two lanes. This road (part of European route E65) is isufficient to cope with growing tourism and transit of goods in Montenegro, and is a curvy mountanious road which lags behind Europeans standards.

The Montenegrin part of the road will pass trough Berane, Andrijevica, Mateševo, Smokovac, will bypass Podgorica, and will end near Bar. The only section for which the corridor is not yet defined is north of Podgorica, as there are two variants - one passing trough region of Kuči, the other passing through Vasojevići.

[OettingerCroat]

good luck, i'd love to drive on them!

[CrazySerb]

Serb Republic to have new network of motorways by 2012

Bosnia's Serb Republic and Austrian builder Strabag have agreed to the construction of roads in the region worth €2bn. The Serb Republic government and Strabag signed a memorandum of understanding in Vienna to form a joint venture that will build a network of motorways throughout the region by 2012, under a 30-year concession deal.

The Serb Republic is one of the two autonomous parts of war-divided Bosnia. The other is the Muslim-Croat Federation.

"This is the biggest post-war investment in the Serb Republic that will allow the inflow of €2b of foreign direct investment", Bosnian Serb Prime Minister Milorad Dodik is reported to have said.

The project includes a motorway connecting the Serb Republic's administrative centre Banja Luka with Gradiska on the Croatian border to the north and an east-to-west motorway from the Serbian border to the western town of Prijedor.

It also calls for the construction of the Serb Republic section of the north-to-south pan-European corridor, connecting the Hungarian capital Budapest with the Croatian port of Ploce and passing through Bosnia.

The Serb Republic Government also borrowed €20m in October, from the domestic bank NLB Razvojna Banka, for the construction of a 29km Banja Luka - Gradiska road in the north of the country.

[Europa.]

good build them it will benefit all of us

[CrazySerb]

I mentioned already that the Belgrade-Bar highway is the #1 priority for Montenegro's government, but there's actually another proposed highway competing for attention - the Adriatic-Ionian highway, the shortest road connection between Italy & Greece, passing through Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania. Montenegro's section of it would be about ~110km long.




After these two highways are built (total length ~300km) , the only other section that may be needed in near future would be a link between the capital and Montenegro's second largest city, Niksic. This highway could eventually be connected to the border with Bosnia and further on to Sarajevo


Niksic:

[Qtya]

OFF TOPIC QUESTION! SORRY! Why doesn't Republika Srpska of Bosnia joins with Serbia?

[ChrisZwolle]

Confusing, i thought this thread was about Serbian motorways. (the Beograd Serbia).

[KHS]

Why Serb Republic thread? You already have your thread: Bosnia & Herzegovina

[Europa.]

Originally Posted by Qtya

OFF TOPIC QUESTION! SORRY! Why doesn't Republika Srpska of Bosnia joins with Serbia?

i got a question for you.. why doesn't vojvodina break off and merge with Hungary?

[Qtya]

Originally Posted by Evropa

i got a question for you.. why doesn't vojvodina break off and merge with Hungary?

Not the same thing. Republika Srpska is like a state within the State. No offence to anyone, it was just a neutral question.

BTW: In Vajdaság/Vojvodina the Hungarian people live in minority...

[x-type]

1. what the hell Montenegro has with Republic of Srpska?
2. 1000 km?
3. we have Bosnia & Herzegovina's motorways' thread
4. this thread should be closed

[OettingerCroat]

yah it should...

[ChrisZwolle]

I think so too.

[CrazySerb]

While we wait for new highway construction photos , here's some shots showing the currens state of road infrastructure in Serb Republic....

[P@vle]

here are a few more photos i made of E-70 section. it goes from croatian border to belgrade:

[P@vle]

trip from belgrade to banja luka via croatia:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...wpost&t=525112

it's located in serbian subforum.

[CrazySerb]

Great news today - the project is moving closer & closer to reality

Friday November 9, 03:03 PM
Strabag favoured in initial report on 2.9 bln eur motorway project in Bosnia

VIENNA (Thomson Financial) - The commission responsible for awarding a 2.9 bln eur motorway construction and management project in Bosnia's Serb-run Republika Srpska has issued a report advocating a framework agreement with Strabag SE, the Austrian press agency APA reported citing the Bosnian daily Nezavisne Novine.

The commission's report will be addressed by Republika Srpska's government next Thursday and the project is likely to be awarded within the next two or three months, according to the Nezavisne Novine article, said APA.

The Republika Srpska project involves the construction of 432 km of motorways and high-speed roads and envisions a 30-year road-charge concession, with the option of extending the concession period a further 15 years.