📋 Tender Overview
The Minister of the Sea Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovi accompanied by the representative of Bin Istra the concessionaire of the Istrian Upsilon and the representative of the regional and local authorities from the Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Istrian counties visited the works on the construction of the second tube of the Uka tunnel.The work is going very well. At the moment more than 2 kilometers of the tunnel have been excavated and we expect to connect it that is break through the tunnel in its entirety within a year said the minister explaining that this part of the two-lane road will be put into traffic by the end of next year. he thanked Bina Istria and everyone who participated in the implementation said the minister of one of the most important infrastructure projects.Let us remind you that the construction of the second tube of the Uka tunnel is part of the project Supplement to the full profile of the Vranje section - the Uka tunnel Kvarner portal within which an 8-kilometer section will be built including the second lane from the Vranje junction to the Uka tunnel Kvarner portal and the second tube of the Uka tunnel 5.63 kilometers. The second tube of the Uka tunnel was ceremoniously broken in December 2020 and in addition to these works work is being carried out at the same time on the new junction of Vranje where the construction of the Zrinak viaduct and the new overpass as part of the future interchange of Vranje has begun.We are continuing after the signed Memorandum of Understanding and all the necessary preparatory stages to finish the Istrian Upsilon in its entirety which means up to Matulje including the viaduct Limska draga and Mirna. We expect that by the end of this year all procedural matters will be finished and then at the beginning of next year work would begin on the completion of the entire Project the last 2B2 phase and 2B3 phase added Minister Butkovi and concluded that the realization of this project will completely integrate the Istrian Upsilon Istria into the transport system of the Republic of Croatia.The general director of Bina Istra Dario Sili commented on the state of the works on the construction site and the further dynamics of the project. The idea is to transfer the traffic to the new tube at one point to renovate the existing tunnel tube and to put both tubes of the Uka tunnel into traffic after the summer of 2024. Sili also touched on the challenges they face with inflation rampant prices and labor force but he said that despite this the construction site did not stop for a single day. In the next period our goal is to build two more lanes of about 10 kilometers to Matulje and the Mirna and Limska Draga viaducts. In this way we will have the Istrian epsilon completely in full profile said Sili.After the tour of the works the signing of the Agreement was heldrelated to the connecting road Dobre - PUO Kvarner between the Ministry of the Sea Transport and Infrastructure the City of Opatija the Municipality of Lovran the Municipality of Moenika Draga the County Road Administration and Bina Istra. It is about the Agreement that defines the construction of the future junction Dobre which will also be a connection to the future Istrian epsilon as well as that during the construction of this junction the existing road can be used and on the other hand to build a future road that would be under the jurisdiction of the County of the road administration and would connect the junction Dobre with Lovran.
