MIHAJLOVIC: Chinese sections of Corridor 11 to be finished by June 2017

(Zorana Mihajlovic) The sections of the Corridor 11 Lajkovac-Ljig and Obrenovac-Ub, of the total length of around 50 km, which are being built by the Chinese together with local subcontractors, will be finished by June 2017, stated the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic.

- There were lots of problems, as is always the case when a highway is being built, but we are expecting that 45% of these two sections will be built by the end of the year, and that by the beginning or the end of June 2017 they will have been finished entirely – said Mihajlovic.

Mihajlovic said that the works were slowed down by the heavy precipitation of 2014 and announced that traveling to Cacak would mostly be done by the highway the next year.

The construction works on the 24 km long Lajkovac-Ljig section are being carried out by the Chinese Sandong Hi Speed Group.

The works on that section and the Obrenovac-Ub section, 26 km long, are being financed by a USD 301 mil loan given by the Chinese Exim Bank, whereas Serbia has set aside from its budget USD 32.7 mil.

The deadline for both sections used to be 30 April 2017.