The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Ministry of Finance of Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed a €5 million ($5.7 million) grant with the European Union for construction on the Počitelj-Zvirovići subsection of Corridor Vc.
Corridor Vc is the highest-priority transport network in Bosnia and Herzegovina and will provide 21 kilometers (13 miles) of continuous motorway between Počitelj and Bijača on the southern border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the European Union in Croatia.
The project is expected to contribute to more sustained economic development, regional trade and improved living conditions for more than 50 percent of the country’s population living in the region, upon completion in 2022.
The project will involve the construction of a bridge, a tunnel, three viaducts, an interchange and a toll in Počitelj, the inter-regional interchange of local roads and connection to other motorways, an overpass and three underpasses. The most significant