The contract was signed by HAC management board president Boris Huzjan, Geotehnika director Igor Horvat, the president of the management board of Colas Hrvatska Siniša Košćak and a member of the board Goran Tuđan, in the presence of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, Deputy Prime Minister Tomo Medved, Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Oleg Butković, Minister of Construction, Physical Planning and State Assets Darko Horvat and Sisak-Moslavina County Prefect Ivan Celjak.
Plenković underscored that this is a strategic project that will change the dynamic of life in Sisak-Moslavina County.
He added that the 11-kilometer section means a new development impulse to the entire county and in particular for the towns of Sisak and Petrinja.
The funds for the HRK 281 million project will be provided by HAC itself and it is a significant investment for Croatia’s GDP, Plenković said, adding that the Pelješac Bridge will be completed with its access roads by the end of the year. By the end of the government’s term, the 5C corridor and the Istria Y motorway should be completed, together with the second pipe of the Učka tunnel.
Plenković said that the government plans to invest HRK 45 billion in transport infrastructure in the coming years. Of that amount, HRK 22 billion is for railways, HRK 15 billion is for roads, HRK 3 billion is for ports, and HRK 5 billion is for other forms of transport.
Celjak believes the completion of the motorway will mean a lot for the economy and development in his county. The works are expected to be completed in the next two years.
Minister Butković recalled that HAC advertised the tender and that this is the first contract and investment with its own money.
Following an initial tender in October 2021, the Austrian Strabag company appealed, the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement (DKOM) annulled the selection of the Colas Hrvatska and Geotehnika consortium, and the call for tenders was repeated.
HAC announced on 28 January that it had once again selected the Colas Hrvatska and Geotehnika consortium’s bid of HRK 281.34 million without VAT to construct the Lekenik-Sisak section of the A11 Zagreb-Sisak motorway as the most favorable bid.
(€1 = HRK 7.5)
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