Minister for the National Investment Plan Verica Kalanovic, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas and Chinese Deputy Minister of Transport Feng Zhenglin agreed today that the Zemun-Borca bridge must be built according to the highest standards and within set deadlines.
A statement by the Ministry for the National Investment Plan reads that Kalanovic and Djilas had separate talks with Zhenglin, representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Serbia and the Chinese company that will build the bridge.
A design with a preliminary cost estimate should be ready by late November and all parties in the meeting voiced the hope that work on the bridge will start in spring 2011 at the latest.
Kalanovic and Zhenglin agreed that the level of communication should be increased so that the trust that has been built would not be hampered, reads the statement.
Also, it was agreed that a foreign company with experience will monitor the dynamics and quality of construction works.
The participants in the meeting highlighted that both sides want to deepen cooperation in the field of the implementation of infrastructural projects in Serbia as well as exchange of expertise and that the construction of the Zemun-Borca bridge marks the beginning of this cooperation.
The two ministries will sign a Memorandum on cooperation on infrastructural projects soon, it is added in the statement.