The Minister of Environmental Protection and Energy, Tomislav Ćorić, signed a decision on financing the Lećevica Waste Management Center worth nearly 323 million kuna. Split-Dalmatia county prefect Blaženko Boban pointed out that this means that all preconditions have been fulfilled and that there are no obstacles in the way of the highly anticipated Waste Management Center in Lećevica, reports Večernji List on January 7, 2019.
“There is no better way to finish the year! A decision to co-finance Lećevica has been signed! This is a contract worth HRK 322,498,130.9, which is one of the largest investments in our county,” Boban said.
Boban added that by the beginning of March, the tender will be published for the construction.
The Waste Management Center project in Split-Dalmatia County was approved for 71% of the eligible project costs, representing a share of the European Union in co-financing the total eligible costs. The funds were approved on 31 December 2018 under the direct grant award procedure, within the framework of the Operational Program Competitiveness and Cohesion 2014-2020, whose specific objective is to reduce the amount of waste disposed at landfills.
The decision states that funds for the Republic of Croatia’s Budget for 2019 and projections for 2020 and 2021 are planned for co-financing eligible project costs from the Cohesion Fund. For the implementation of the project, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy, the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund and the Clean Regional Environmental Center d.o. will sign the Grant Agreement within 45 days.
The Lećevica Waste Management Center is foreseen as a system of construction and treatment, recovery and disposal facilities. According to the Spatial plan of Split-Dalmatia County, the construction of transshipment stations is also planned.
It is a project of state importance that is included in the Waste Management Plan of the Republic of Croatia for 2017-2020. The European Union, the Environmental Protection Fund and Split-Dalmatia County are all participating in the co-financing of its construction. The total value of the Waste Management Center and six transshipment stations in Split-Dalmatia County amounts to 454,129,208 kuna, i.e., without the cost of project preparation and the so-called “unacceptable” costs.
The construction of the center with six transshipment stations, along with waste separation activities at the place of origin that cities and municipalities have to implement, will enable the full establishment of a comprehensive and sustainable waste management system in the county, with the most up-to-date principles of environmental protection and human health in favor of the population of Split-Dalmatia County and its visitors. This will fulfill the strategic and planning goals of the Republic of Croatia, as well as the Republic of Croatia’s obligations under the Accession Treaty with the European Union, says the Clean Environment Regional Center.
The construction of the Waste Management Center will handle the final disposal of the Karepovec landfill and other landfill sites in the County, as well as good waste management and the waste management of certain cities that already have significant problems.
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