The construction of the Southwestern bypass is going according to the defined plan and the Capital will, within the projected deadlines, gain a valuable infrastructure facility, said the Mayor Ivan Vuković.
He visited the site of this road today.
"We are pleased to note that the works on the construction of the Southwestern bypass are being carried out according to the established plan, and that within the projected deadlines, and possibly earlier, we will have a valuable infrastructure facility that will have significant meaning for the future development of Podgorica," said Vuković.
He emphasized that this road is of great importance because it also represents a part of the future wastewater treatment system, bearing in mind that in its core there is an important part of the primary collector network.
"The Southwestern bypass is only one part of the future traffic network we are “knitting” around Podgorica, because a few days ago we announced a tender for the Western bypass design, a road that should be added to the Southwestern bypass and which will connect Cetinjski and Niksicki roads all the way to Komanski Most," said Vukovic.
From there, he added, in the middle of the year, the reconstruction of the existing road to Danilovgrad, i.e. the transformation of that road into a modern boulevard type road, should begin.
He assessed that, if everything goes according to plan, it is not unrealistic to expect that in three years we will get a modern boulevard from Podgorica airport to Danilovgrad.
"This will mean closing the trafficking ring around Podgorica and will not only be significant for the capital city, but for Montenegro as a whole," concluded Vukovic.
Veselin Kovacevic, executive director of the company Bemax as the main contractor of the works, said that so far, the most significant part of earthworks was done, which included excavations for fecal and atmosphere sewage, where the trenches are between seven and eight meters deep.
"It's a very demanding and complicated business. On the third section of the route of the Southwest bypass, we completed about 85 percent of the excavation. In the first section, from Donja Gorica side, over 50 percent of the excavation was completed, and at the end of March we will end up with excavations. Then we will execute assembling works on the sewage and atmospheric sewage, which will be completed in the next months," Kovacevic said.
He added that regarding the construction of a bridge in the length of 157 meters i.e. the second section of the Southwestern bypass, the contractual obligation of the consortium "Crnagoraput" and "Bemax" was to produce the design documentation, which was completed and sent for the audit, adding that they expect a positive audit very soon and after that, a rapid start of the bridge construction.
The construction of this roadway began at the beginning of August last year.
The total contract value of the project is 15,668,356 EUR, which is also one of the most valuable traffic projects on the territory of the capital.
The south-west bypass includes a boulevard-type road with a total length of 3,621 meters.
The road will have four lanes, an overpass in the zone of KAP, 29.4 meters long and a new bridge over Moraca, 157 meters long. This road is divided into three sections. The length of the first section is 1.354 meters. Along with this section, which starts from the intersection with the Cetinjski road, there are four traffic connections. The length of the second section is 200.80 m long. The bypass on this section crosses the bridge. The length of the third section is 2,066 m. In this section, it is planned to build an overpass in the zone of KAP.
Text by MINA News, on February 25th 2019, read more at Vijesti
