- Published: 22.05.2015.
Contract signed for award of grant for Dubrovnik Airport development project
A contract for the award of a grant in the amount of HRK 1.1 billion for the Dubrovnik Airport 2020 reconstruction and development project was signed on Friday by the Minister of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Infrastructure, Sinisa Hajdas Doncic, and the airport's CEO, Roko Tolic.
The government decided in April to finance the Dubrovnik Airport project, worth 220 million euros. Under a European Commission decision, the project can be co-financed with 145 million euros of public money, which is slightly more than 1.1 billion kuna. The remaining 75 million euros is to be provided by the airport itself, which it will do by using its own funds and by applying for funding under a European Commission investment scheme known as the Juncker Plan.
CEO Tolic also signed a HRK 476 million contract with construction companies KFK Tehnika and KFK Tehnika - Kamgrad for the construction of an airport terminal building, which is to be completed by the autumn of 2016.
Tolic said that the project would solve the problems of Dubrovnik Airport in the long term so it could provide strong support to the local tourist industry.
Minister Hajdas Doncic said that Dubrovnik Airport was being financed in two stages - through the financial perspective 2007 - 2013, from which comes 476 million kuna, and the rest from the 2014 - 2020 perspective. He noted that the funds had been fully secured without government guarantees.
The minister said that a project for the construction of a fast road from Dubrovnik's Gruz Port to the border with Montenegro would be proposed for EU financing and that a transport master plan would be prepared for the entire Dubrovnik - Neretva County with the support of his ministry.
Hajdas Doncic also said that a feasibility study for the Peljesac Bridge construction project was expected to be completed within three weeks, adding that he expected 600 million euros worth of investments in southern Croatia over the next few years.
(Hina)