30 April 2019 - The completion of the first phase of the Smokovac loop and its connection to the highway is planned for September 30 next year, said the project manager Goran Vujović. According to Vujović, by signing the contract on April 25th, the contractor has already been introduced to the work which should last for 17 months.
The Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism recently issued permission to build the Smokovac loop. By this occasion, Vujović explained that the first phase includes works in cadastral municipalities Doljani and Rogami.
"The loop starts at the Boulevard Willy Brandt roundabout, continues over the overpass across the railway, where a toll ramps plateau is to be built," Vujovic said.
The priority section of the highway is 41 km long and when the first phase is finished, it will be 1.6 kilometers longer. Both parts will have four 3.5m meters lanes.
Earlier in April, Chairman of the Chinese company CCCC Liu Qitao promised that the first section of the Bar Boljare motorway will be completed in the middle of next year and that this deadline will be met.
During this occasion, Prime Minister Duško Marković emphasised the importance of the project for the overall development of Montenegro and stressed that the works must be completed within the defined deadline.
"The motorway connects the country and encourages the development of all sectors of the economy. Furthermore, at this stage, we have indirect investments in agriculture, tourism, and other areas," PM Marković said to representatives of CCCC, one of the world's 500 richest companies and among the largest in the world for designing and building roads. CRBC, which builds the first motorway section in Montenegro, is a subsidiary of CCCC.
