Autoput Bar - Boljare

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Autoput Bar – Boljare in Montenegro
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Basic data
Operator:	Ministarstvo saobraćaja i pomorstva
Overall length:	167.39 km
of which in planning:	167.39 km
Opštine (municipalities):	Opština bar Opština Podgorica Opština Kolašin Opština Andrijevica Opština Berane Opština Bijelo Polje
Course of the road Construction phase 1 (approx. 52 km) (0.00)  bar Planned expressway to Shkodra (11.72)  Coastal road / Sozina tunnel   Planned expressway to Tivat Sozina tunnel (new construction) (21.91)  Rijeka Crnojevića / Virpazar (34.75)  Podgorica / Cetinje (39.63)  Grahovo – Božaj highway (42.10)  Podgorica / Nikšić   (51.74)  Podgorica / Smokovac   Construction phase 2 (approx. 40 km) (76.72)  ? (91.25)  Mateševo Construction phase 3 (approx. 76 km) (114.27)  Kolašin / Andrijevica (125.67)  Andrijevica – Čakor motorway (142.60)  Berane / Bijelo Polje (167.39)  Border crossing ME - RS ( Boljare ) Further on   Under construction In planning

The Autoput Bar – Boljare ( Montenegrin for motorway Bar – Boljare ) is to become the first Montenegrin motorway. It is intended to connect the Adriatic port of Bar in the south of the country with the Montenegrin- Serbian border in the north. As far as Mateševo , the motorway will largely run along the Belgrade – Bar railway line .

Routing

The motorway is divided into three construction phases:

• The southern section (approx. 52 km) connects the port city of Bar via the newly built Sozina motorway tunnel and Virpazar with Podgorica and the Smokovac district . The section thus also includes a western bypass of Podgorica.
• The middle section (approx. 40 km) leads from Smokovac to Mateševo . Due to the direct route, the Morača Gorge is spanned by the Morača Bridge, which, however, leads to high additional construction costs due to the topography.
• The northern section (approx. 76 km) connects Mateševo ​​via Andrijevica and Berane with Boljare on the Montenegrin- Serbian border. On Serbian territory, the motorway is to be continued via Požega to Belgrade .

Expansion status

The construction work officially began on October 15, 2009, but was discontinued a short time later, as the contract with the Croatian consortium carrying out the work was terminated. On the Montenegrin side, construction began in May 2015.

According to the original planning, the motorway should have been completed within nine years, i.e. at the end of 2018/2019.

realization

costs

The total cost of the project was originally expected to be EUR 2.77 billion. A public-private partnership was planned to finance the project over a period of 30 years. During this period, 1.74 billion euros should be paid by the Montenegrin government, while the remaining costs should be refinanced through toll revenues .

Procurement

The tender was won in March 2009 by a consortium of Croatian companies ( Konstruktor , Tehnika and IGH ), which began construction work in the same year. However, due to a lack of bank guarantees , the contract was terminated by the Montenegrin state 8 months later.

Negotiations were then conducted with the second tenderer, a Greek-Israeli consortium of Aktor and Shikun & Binui . This consortium should first complete the first and second construction phases for 1.575 billion euros. However, since this consortium could not provide the necessary bank guarantees either, the negotiations were ended in December 2010 without any result.

At the beginning of 2011, attempts were made to attract Chinese investors to the project. The construction of the highway would have been carried out by the companies China Road and Bridge Group and China Poly Group Corporation , while the financing would have been taken over by the China Exim Bank . In January 2011, the Montenegrin Minister of Transport officially asked Chinese authorities accordingly. However, the negotiations did not lead to any result and were broken off.

In autumn 2011, with the support of the European Investment Bank, a call for tenders was launched for a new feasibility study and corresponding planning for the motorway. The required documents are to be created by mid-2012 and then a new call for tenders for the actual project will start.

Web links

• Montenegrin Government - Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Telecommunications
• SEEbiz.eu. Consultation meeting regarding Bar-Boljare Motorway.
• Draft of the Detailed Spatial Plan of Bar - Boljare Motorway - Montenegrin language only (PDF file; 2.6 MB)
• China finances motorway in Montenegro - From dream to tragedy (Frankfurter Rundschau, December 11, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://autoput.me/brajovic-pocetak-radova-u-maju-2015
2. ↑ www.montenegropropertiesonline.com. Bar-Boljare highway part of trans-European Network ( Memento from January 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b} HRT. Konstruktoru koncesija. ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Montenegro Accepts 1.575 Bln Euro Motorway Construction Bid of Greek-Israeli Aktor / HCH Tie-in ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ^ Chinese out of the game
6. ^ Montenegro changing the project of motorway
7. ^ Montenegro Invites Bids for Road Section Feasibility Study
8. ^ Montenegro not giving up on the motorway
9. ^ Tender for the motorway in 2012