The first concrete steps are finally being made to construct the new bus station in Kopilica.
The City of Split announced a public tender for contractors for the facilities of the future central transport station and four accompanying parking lots, whereby the value of the project is estimated at 5 million kuna. The entire deal should be completed in three months once the selected partner of the construction site is introduced, and interested companies must submit their bids to Banovina by January 18 at 11 am, reports Slobodna Dalmacija on January 2, 2018.
If it is to be judged by the current tenders, the excavators should begin in Kopilica by mid-February, following the signing of the contract between the City and the selected contractor, and the deadline for appeal of any dissatisfied tenderers. In accordance with the foreseen three-month duration of construction, the new bus station and the four surrounding locations envisioned to accommodate cars and tourist buses would be arranged by the summer in the wider area of the existing railway station, which would be in line with the announcement that part of the East Coast traffic would be moved to Kopilica for the upcoming season.
According to the documentation produced by the company “Geoprojekt”, between Hercegovačka Street and the railway tracks, there are plans to construct 18 covered parking platforms for buses. The largest part, with room for 10 buses, will be located closest to the tracks, the central “island” will boast five more places, and the remaining three will be next to the main road.
The existing access road facing the Public Fire Department complex would be significantly expanded and receive an appropriate sidewalk, but as far as project design is concerned, there is no envisaged expansion of Hercegovačka Street, which for decades has narrowed the entry to that part of the city. Thus, it will be interesting to see how buses on regional and international lines will be able to push traffic here and if it will pass without any additional crowds.
An integral part of the overall project is arranging four surrounding parking lots for a total of 147 cars, seven taxi cabs and 51 tourist buses, with “Split Parking” as the official investor. The first location is the existing parking zone at the main building of the train station where a total of 21 spaces will be marked for passenger cars, including two for disabled parking, seven for taxi drivers and three for tourist buses.
The next parking lot will be somewhat to the east of the future station, near the intersection that leads from Hercegovačka street to the wider area of the station for the technical inspection of vehicles. There will be 46 spaces available to drivers (two for people with disabilities), and there will be a one-way street leading to the parking lot from the railway station along the railway line to the east, while Hercegovačka will only be the exit. In the immediate neighborhood, an even larger car park is planned with 80 spaces (four for people with disabilities).
On the northern side of the entire Kopilica station complex, the city administration intends to accommodate tourist buses, which, as well as for all other mentioned locations, they have signed a five-year lease agreement with the company “HŽ Infrastruktura”. In front of the warehouse and the neglected tracks, there are large asphalted areas approaching Kopilica Street, which, until recently, linked the business and commercial zone in Stinice with the North Port.
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