- Published: 15.05.2007.
Croatia and Bosnia sign protocol on contact points on future motorways
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Croatia's Minister of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development, Bozidar Kalmenta, and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Minister of Transport and Communications, Bozo Ljubic, on Tuesday signed a protocol on contact points on a future motorway along Corridor 5C, which runs from Budapest via Osijek and Sarajevo to the southern Croatian seaport of Ploce, and a future motorway along Corridor E661 from Balaton via Virovitica, Okucani and Banja Luka to Split.
On the Corridor 5C motorway, the northern contact point would be on the River Sava near Svilaj while the southern contact point would be at Bijaca - Pozla Gora. On the Corridor E661 motorway, the contact point would be on the Sava near Gradiska.
The designation of the contact points will enable further preparations to determine the locations of border crossings and build border sections of the motorways, particularly key structures such as bridges across the Sava.
Kalmeta said that the protocol was a foundation stone for the construction of the future roads, and that it was prepared by teams of experts from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Ljubic said that the Corridor 5C motorway was of strategic importance to both countries and that it would play an important role in economic development, particularly of Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Hina)