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Zemun-Borca bridge to be completed by year-end
Belgrade,
22 January 2014
Minister of Transport Aleksandar Antic announced today that the bridge on the Danube river between Zemun and Borca, which connected the two river banks today, will be completed by 27 December this year, including the access roads from Zemun to Zrenjanin Road.
Author:
Tanjug
Antic, who upon the completion of the main span of the bridge and connection of the river banks visited the construction site of the bridge together with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Zhang Wanxue and Chairman and member of the Belgrade Interim Body Sinisa Mali and Nikola Nikodijevic, said that a part of the access roads from Zrenjanin Road to the Pancevo Bridge will be completed by September 2015.
The Minister recalled that the Annex of the agreement that envisages to break the project in two parts was signed with the Chinese company China Road and Bridge Corporation on 6 January.
He explained that originally the entire project was supposed to be completed by the end of this year, but on the part from Ovca to Pancevo Road there were many problems with land expropriation.
The annex was signed so that the state would not pay a penalty for the delay of the entire project, so the part from Zemun to Zrenjanin Road will be completed within the planned timeframe.
Antic said that the construction of another bridge over the Danube near Vinca is in plan, adding that only then will freight transport be completely removed out of Belgrade.
The Minister said that the Zemun-Borca bridge is one of the most important infrastructure projects in the past several decades, and pointed out that freight transport from Banat will be removed out of the city, and the bridge will be a connection with road corridors 10 and 11.
Ambassador Wanxue congratulated the contractor on the success achieved and thanked them on the support in the realisation of this project.
The construction of this bridge is an example of successful cooperation between Serbia and China in the field of infrastructure, he underlined and added that China and Serbia could do business successfully in many other areas.
Wanxue said that China pays great attention to cooperation with Serbia and that it will finance certain infrastructure projects in our country with funds intended for investments in 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the amount of $10 billion.
The Chinese Exim Bank credited 85% of the value of the bridge, while the remaining 15% were provided by the state of Serbia and the City of Belgrade.
The total cost of the bridge, with access roads, is approximately $260 million.
The Minister recalled that the Annex of the agreement that envisages to break the project in two parts was signed with the Chinese company China Road and Bridge Corporation on 6 January.
He explained that originally the entire project was supposed to be completed by the end of this year, but on the part from Ovca to Pancevo Road there were many problems with land expropriation.
The annex was signed so that the state would not pay a penalty for the delay of the entire project, so the part from Zemun to Zrenjanin Road will be completed within the planned timeframe.
Antic said that the construction of another bridge over the Danube near Vinca is in plan, adding that only then will freight transport be completely removed out of Belgrade.
The Minister said that the Zemun-Borca bridge is one of the most important infrastructure projects in the past several decades, and pointed out that freight transport from Banat will be removed out of the city, and the bridge will be a connection with road corridors 10 and 11.
Ambassador Wanxue congratulated the contractor on the success achieved and thanked them on the support in the realisation of this project.
The construction of this bridge is an example of successful cooperation between Serbia and China in the field of infrastructure, he underlined and added that China and Serbia could do business successfully in many other areas.
Wanxue said that China pays great attention to cooperation with Serbia and that it will finance certain infrastructure projects in our country with funds intended for investments in 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe in the amount of $10 billion.
The Chinese Exim Bank credited 85% of the value of the bridge, while the remaining 15% were provided by the state of Serbia and the City of Belgrade.
The total cost of the bridge, with access roads, is approximately $260 million.
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