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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butkovi? participated on Monday, 19 February 2024, in the introduction of the contractor on the project "Connecting road Vu?evica junction on A1 - junction on DC8 (without dc8 junction) (from Kaštela to the northern portal of the Kozjak tunnel, including the tunnel)". This is a project worth 74.6 million euros without VAT, which will be carried out by China Road and Bridge Corporation and through which the 2525 meters long Kozjak tunnel will be built.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Butkovi? said that Croatian Roads is implementing a number of major strategic infrastructure projects in Croatia today, and one of them is this project of a new entrance to the City of Split, where the construction of a 450-meter-long connecting road from the Vu?evica interchange to the northern portal of the Kozjak tunnel began last year, one of the sections that make up the first phase of this large project New Entrance to Split.
The value of this section, that is, the project that will be carried out by the Chinese contractor that was introduced into the business today, is 75 million euros (excluding VAT). For the second phase of this project, complete study documentation is being prepared.
"A maritime study has also been made because the safety of navigation should be respected, so the width of the waterway will be 200 meters, the height of the bridge 55 meters, as well as the Pelješac Bridge, so that these actions are also being prepared in order to start the implementation of this project in the second phase," Butkovi? said. Referring to the contractor who was introduced into the business today, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister pointed out that this is a renowned contractor who finished the Pelješac Bridge very well and on time and that he expects that they can finish this project even three years ago, since they have a strong operation.
Split-Dalmatia County Prefect Blaženko Boban said that this is starting a megaproject for the entire Split-Dalmatia County. "Today, with the opening of a new site and the beginning of works on the Kozjak tunnel, a megaproject for Split-Dalmatia County and the agglomeration from Trogir to Omiš is starting. This is a great project for the city of Split. It is an extremely valuable project that brings a lot to citizens and tourists. We are close to Le?evica where we will be draining municipal waste in a few years, and this will be the fastest route to Le?evica, but also to the Airport "Sveti Jerome" and to the new entrance to Split," said the prefect.
President of the Management Board of Hrvatske ceste Josip Škori? pointed out that today is a great day for Croatian Roads, for Split-Dalmatia County and for the city of Split. "This is the most complex section when we talk about the phase of the project, from the Vu?evica interchange to Kaštela, i.e. the State Road D8, which consists of a tunnel length of 2525 meters, three overpasses, two viaducts, road passages, noise protection", explained Škori?, pointing out that this is a very demanding section that needs to be built within three years. "After that, we will soon submit an application for a building permit for the last section, i.e. for the connection to the D8 state road, and I believe that in the same time, in order to complete this section, then the state road, i.e. only the junction on the D8 state road," Škori? said.
After visiting road projects, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Butkovi? visited works as part of the project of the new passenger terminal in the City Port of Split, a project for whose implementation almost 6.8 million euros from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan have been secured.
The construction of the new passenger terminal is one of the largest port maritime projects in Croatia today. "The total value of this project is 17 million euros and Split will get a new passenger terminal building", said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Butkovi? during today's tour of the works and added that the same project is being implemented in Šibenik. "I constantly emphasize that we are a maritime country, facing the sea, living off the sea and I think it is very important that all the accompanying infrastructure, the existing infrastructure, be renovated and that new ones are built," Butkovic said, stressing that this is the meaning of a large investment cycle of over 300 million euros that is currently being implemented in Croatia. "We now had a presentation of over 200 million euros of new projects, which includes the new fishing port in Komiža and all the projects here in the existing port, but also in the northern port, this is a concept that is really good, which the director and his team have devised," Butkovi? continued, recalling the importance of amending the TEN-T regulation that included Croatia on the new four corridors. and the port of Split on the list of basic ports, because all these are key decisions that all major projects in the port itself and around the port can be financed from the Connecting Europe Facility and other mechanisms.
Split Port Authority Director Vice Mihanovic said in a press statement that st. Duje will be freed for domestic line traffic and in this way the level of quality of domestic line traffic will be raised, i.e. our islanders who receive five new berths and 14 thousand square meters of additional operating areas that have so far, due to the regime of international traffic about 300 days a year, been locked. "The deadline is June 2025, a year and three months from today and our goal is for this project to be ready for the new season in 2025," concluded director Mihanovi?.
