Company "Autoceste Federacije", led by Adnan Terzić, has completed the construction of the Zenica detour, one of the most demanding sections on Corridor 5C. 

No ceremony

In such way, yesterday B&H, symbolically - on November 25th - on the Statehood Day of BiH, got 11 new kilometers of highway. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, no solemn ceremony was held.

The representative of "Autoceste FB&H" Reuf Kadrić yesterday pointed out that this is a very demanding project, primarily due to the configuration of the terrain.

He pointed out that this section of the highway will be opened to traffic when the decree on the amount of the fee for usage is issued, and that should be published in the next issue of the "Official Gazette of FB&H". He added that another one is being built in the extension of this section, so that B&H should get almost 20 kilometers of highway in the next 42 months.

Director of the company "Autocesta FB&H" Adnan Terzić, said yesterday for "Avaz" that this is a great success of the company but an even bigger success of contractor and supervising engineers.

- Everyone worked as one to solve the problems and to successfully build this section. Now we continue to build the highway - Terzic told us.

This part of the motorway on Corridor 5C, called Zenica detour, consists of three subsections Drivuša - Klopče, Klopče - Donja Gračanica and part of the subsection Donja Gračanica - tunnel Zenica. With the construction of the Zenica detour, Zenica north and Zenica south are connected on the highway.

The total investment value of the works amounted to EUR 225 million, and the funds were provided through international financial institutions (KFAED, EBRD, OPEC), as well as European Union grants provided under the Connecting Agenda through the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF).

13 facilities

13 facilities were built on sub-sections, which means that 48 percent of the newly opened section is under the facilities. The complexity of the construction of these subsections is best illustrated by the data that more than 340,000 cubic meters of concrete and 37 million tons of reinforcement were installed. 

Relocation of the gas pipeline

The most demanding facilities for contractors on the Drivuša - Klopče subsection were the Drivuša bridge and the Perin Han viaduct, and the demanding work along with the construction of the subsection itself was relocation of Sarajevo - Zenica regional gas pipeline on the highway.