Pelješac bridge is something we’ve been reading about and anticipating for many years now. From wondering where the funding would come from before Croatia’s accession to the EU to hearing Bosnian arguments against its construction, this enormous Croatian strategic project will see the construction of a bridge connect Croatian territory without a detour through Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina, needed in order to reach Dubrovnik and the extreme south of Dalmatia by car.
Works on Pelješac bridge which once seemed like they’d never happen finally began not so long ago, after a Chinese company was chosen as the contractor, much to the European Commission’s irritation, given the fact that the bridge is majority financed by European Union funds. Despire that, works appear to be going smoothly and owing to the famous efficiency of the Chinese, more quickly than expected.
The joke is now that the Croats who can’t seem to get the construction of Pelješac bridge’s access roads off the ground (no pun intended) won’t have even chosen a contractor before the Chinese have finished with the entire bridge.
Regardless, Croatian Roads (Hrvatske Ceste) have published the first 3D promotional video on what Pelješac’s brand new roads are set to look like.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 13th of May, 2019, just two days ago, the last pilot was put into place at Pelješac bridge’s construction site, along the sea bed below the future bridge, 148 permanent pilots and two testers were placed, and the quick and efficient Chinese builders have thus completed the first phase of the bridge’s construction, well before time.
This was the timely occasion for Croatian Roads to announce their promotional film showcasing a 3D simulation of the future road through Pelješac for the first time. Have a look at the video (in Croatian) here:
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