Autoput A23

Autoput A23 in Serbia
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Basic data
Operator:	Putevi Srbije
Overall length:	107 km
of which in operation:	2.5 km
of which under construction:	4.5 km
of which in planning:	100 km
Okrug (district):	Zlatibor

The Autoput A23 , also called Autoput Požega – Boljare , is a planned Serbian motorway from Požega to Boljare on the Montenegrin border. It will be a part of the planned cross-border autoput Beograd – Južni Jadran (“ Belgrade - Southern Adriatic Highway ”).

planning

A tender for the project should take place in 2010. The first estimates from 2010 assume construction costs of around one billion euros, as the construction of 15 tunnels and large bridges is planned. In August 2013 the contract to prepare the project documents was signed with the construction company GIDC from the United Arab Emirates . At the end of January 2014, the contract was expanded to include the creation of a feasibility study in which the spatial, ecological, social, financial and economic feasibility are examined, and the presentation of a financing model as a public-private partnership to a total volume of 20 million euros.

meaning

With the construction of a motorway, tourism and the economy in general are hoping for an upswing for all of Southeastern Europe and also for the Adriatic port of Bar through the connection to the Montenegrin motorway Bar-Boljare . The aim is that the planned motorway link from Belgrade to the southern Adriatic as part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor X to get recognized.

course

The route of the motorway was examined in several variants due to the mountainous location of the region in which it is to run. According to an analysis by the Serbian transport institute CIP, which also planned the route, two favored variants were identified:

• The cheapest and at the same time the shortest variant would be a motorway from Požega to Boljare through the region of the Pešter Mountains with the cities of Arilje , Ivanjica and Duga Poljana with a length of approx. 110 km.
• The other option is to take a motorway past the larger cities of Užice , Nova Varoš and Sjenica for a length of approx. 140 km.

The route of the motorway through the Pešter region would bypass the larger cities and drive into a region with 60,000 instead of 300,000 inhabitants. Shortly after this analysis was published, cities protested that it was causing losses in the industrial and tourism sectors. On the other hand, reference was made to the advantages of the motorway through this region, such as the lower construction costs or the economic boom in the Pešter region. Ultimately, the decision was made in favor of the first variant.

Web links

• Website of the public company Putevi Srbije ( Roads of Serbia ) (Serbian, English)
• Website on the Pan-European Transport Corridor X in Serbia (Serbian, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Preko Peštera jeftinije za 50 miliona evra  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ 2010. koncesija za autoput Beograd-Južni Jadran ( Memento of March 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Milijardu evra za Požega-Boljare (Serbian; accessed on March 2, 2014)
4. ↑ Arapima deonica Požega-Boljare? (Serbian; accessed March 2, 2014)
5. ↑ Coridor 11: Arapi bi da grade autoput do Požege ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2014 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. (Serbian; accessed March 2, 2014)  
6. ↑ PORR and ALPINE are building a large Serbia motorway ( memento of the original from December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Deutsche Welle : Autobahn to Montenegro - malo tomorrow!