October the 15th, 2025 – Split is set to get a brand new city entrance as part of a far wider investment into local traffic infrastructure.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the excavation of the 2,525-metre-long Kozjak Tunnel, which is part of the traffic infrastructure for the eastern entrance to Split, should be completed in April 2026. The total the value of the project, which includes about 5.5 kilometres of roadway from the A1 motorway to Kaštela, stands at a whopping 120 million euros.
Split-Dalmatia County Prefect Blaženko Boban revealed during a tour of the Kozjak tunnel construction site that about 1,500 metres of the main tunnel pipe and about 1,700 metres of the service pipe have been excavated thus far. The excavation of the main pipe should be completed by February 2026, while the completion of the service pipe is expected in April.
“The section from the A1 motorway to the D8 state road is eight kilometres long, and it includes a 2,525-metre-long tunnel. The entire project comes with a price tag of 120 million euros,” stated Ivica Budimir, the president of the Croatian Roads (Hrvatske Ceste) board.
He announced that on October the 25th, 2025, bids for preliminary designs for the bridge over Kaštela Bay, which is also part of the traffic infrastructure for entering Split from the east, will be opened. This new Split entrance will also significantly reduce congestion levels in the wider Split area.
Following on from that, Croatian Roads (HC) will select the optimal solution and proceed with the preparation of an environmental impact study. After that is finalised, the construction of the bridge itself, which involves several years of work and related activities, will begin.
Budimir also reported that in the period from 2016 to 2025, Croatian Roads has invested an enormous 270 million euros in the construction and reconstruction of roads across the wider Split-Dalmatia County region.
“Over the decade to come, investments in traffic infrastructure all across Split-Dalmatia County will reach around 735 million euros,” Budimir pointed out, noting that much more than the new Split city entrance is to be expected going forward.
