May 20, 2018 - This document plan, drawn up by the Republican Institute for Urban Planning and Design, owned by the businessman Aco Dukanović, refers to the area from Gospe od Andjela at the northern end of Verige Strait, to the mouth of the Seljanovo stream in the south, and encompasses the coastline limited by the upper side on the coast with the Adriatic highway, i.e. on the coastal road Lepetane-Stoliv-Kotor, and on the coastal road through Donja Lastva.
DSL operations include the sea area in the width of 100 meters from the coast. Therefore, the total surface of its land and sea area is over 63 hectares. This document plan, as stated, closely defines the purpose of the area in a zone that encompasses the undeveloped rocky coast at the Verige Strait, the built coast and settlement structure in Lepetane, the future Lungo Mare pedestrian path, the ferry dock in Lepetani, and the built coast and promenade along the sea in Donja Lastva. Although DSL itself does not give more details about the possible construction of Verige Bridge, which would make a land crossing over the bay at the route St. Nedjelja-Rt Opatovo, the processors from RZUP indirectly impose such a solution. In many places in the textual section of DSL, you can find praise for the construction of a bridge and a fast-coastal road on the slopes of Vrmac above the territory treated by DSL, so in the draft, among other things, DSL drafted that "the land connection of Boka Bay with the planned bridge in certain segments undoubtedly contributes to the new quality of space."
UNESCO is firmly against the construction of Verige Bridge, believing that this will drastically undermine the views of Boka Bay, especially the so-called buffer zone of the protected area of the world's natural and cultural heritage in the bay. The RZUP planners, however, see the construction of the bridge as the final solution and therefore are concentrating on how to explore the potential of the coastal area of Lepetane and Donja Lastva, which they believe will further emphasize the reorientation of a good part of the road traffic from the current highway to the new outpost and the bridge.
Thus, planners have come to "valorize" the current undeveloped or narrow coastline along the main road, anticipating the construction of a 4.8 kilometer long sea pedestrian and bicycle trail with retreats and piers, and a series of new bridges and docks, as well as the formation of new artificial beaches in places they never existed.
The lack of natural beaches that is evident along the entire area within the plan, under the big pressure of users in the hinterland, i.e. the contact zones of the plan, should be replaced by the formation of new pebble beaches with mandatory fulfillment of the PPPN MD guidelines and valid regulations for this type of bathing resort. Along with this narrow belt of natural beaches, to which the existing and planned docks, bridge and mandrake are supposed to be, it is necessary to conduct an uninterrupted coastal promenade - the so-called "lungomare" – stated the DSL draft. What extent of the operations on the shore is in question, show the data that a total of 14,504 square meters of landscaped and 1,361 squares of partially landscaped bathing areas can be built according to PLA Planners in the area of Lepetane, Luka, Opatovo and Donja Lastva, where there can be 991 pieces of beach equipment of two deck chairs and one sunshade, and at the same time accommodate nearly 2,000 bathers.
The planners did not design a "business-tourist complex" on the coast in Lepetane near the ferry dock, although it was requested from one of the area users. According to the required request, the complex was supposed to have 4,000 squares of facilities and marina, which would occupy 5,250 square meters of the sea. RZUP planes, however, have foreseen many new or expanded existing capacities for anchoring sailing yachts and small vessels.
Text by Sinisa Lukovic, on May 20th, 2018, read more at Vijesti
