The works on the First Transversal have stopped, there have been no workers or machines on the construction site of this capital project in the Sarajevo Canton for a long time.

The brakes on this project are the reluctance and incompetence of the current SC Government, led by Edin Fort (Our Party – Naša stranka), and the Centar Municipality led by his party colleague Srđan Mandić. The latest example of the mischief and incompetence of the duo from Our Party is the unnecessary procrastination regarding the removal of the illegal shed!

The case was before the Municipal Court, and then the Court returned it to the Municipality of Centar for retrial, as the Municipality, when conducting a public hearing, did not cover all facilities, both legal and illegal. The case was returned to the Municipality on November 1st, but has not been returned to the Court to date.

The Directorate for Roads of Sarajevo Canton is the implementer of this project, they have also provided contractors - the Institute for the Construction of SC is supervising, and the FBiH Government is providing funds. But it got stuck in property relations. The problem arose in connection with the facility owned by the Šahinpašić family, which the current cantonal and municipal authorities are unable to resolve and continue the mission of the previous SC Government, which was led by Mario Nenadić. It is estimated that 23.5 million KM will be needed to resolve land issues on the section from Kranjčevićeva Street to Velešići, but now everything is stopped.

Thus, the generation project worth more than 300 million KM was stopped.

- Expropriation and seizure of land are done by the Municipality and the Institute for Construction. It is in our interest for this to end as soon as possible, because we could end up losing funds from the FBiH Government, given that everything is taking too long. We wrote urgencies to the Court, we did not know that the case was returned to the Municipality. The court informed us that they returned the case on November 1st and that they still do not have any feedback. The court has taken all cases concerning the First Transversal into priority resolution - said in a statement for "Avaz" Selmir Kovač, director of the Directorate for Roads of Sarajevo Canton.

SBB councilor in the Municipality of Centar Sulejman Memo Haljevac also reacted, saying that all the reluctance of the current government comes to light every day.

- The year of inaction of the municipal administration and the mayor of Centar Srđan Mandić showed us that we did not do a single centimeter on the First Transversal. But what to expect when the mayor is not able to do five steps in Buka Street, solve our landslides and the most basic things, from cleanliness onwards. I hope that this is not a game of the Prime Minister of SC Edin Forto and Srđan Mandić and a classic transfer of the ball. One shed prevents them from continuing the construction of a capital project such as the First Transversal - stated Haljevac.