- Published: 26.06.2006.
Construction Works on IIB Stage of Zagreb - Rijeka Motorway Start
The start of construction works on the IIB stage of the Rijeka-Zagreb motorway and the upgrading of its 44.26 kilometer section Kikovica-Stara Sušica to dual carriageway standards was marked at a ceremony in front of the Hrasten tunnel near Oštrovica on Monday, after which the right tube of the Čardak tunnel was opened to traffic.
The construction of the IIB stage of the motorway, whose total value is estimated at EUR250.6 million, is financed with a loan from the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The completion of the construction works and the opening to traffic of the two-lane dual carriageway Rijeka-Zagreb motorway is expected at the end of 2008.
The state secretary for the economy and chairman of the board of the Rijeka-Zagreb Motorway Company, Vladimir Vranković, said that the motorway was important not only for domestic transport and economy, but also for linking Central Europe with the Adriatic Sea and the northern port of Rijeka.