HRVATSKA UDRUGA KONCESIONARA ZA BILTEN AUTOCESTE S NAPLATOM CESTARINE / NOVEMBER 2007 CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF TOLL MOTORWAYS CONCESSIONAIRES A5 Motorway, Beli Manastir − Osijek − Svilaj The company Hrvatske autoceste opens to traffic the first section of the European Corridor Vc On November 9, 2007, the first section of the Sarajevo to Ploče. The Transport Corridor Vc Corridor Vc, from Đakovo to Sredanci, was cer- (road, railway, river and air transport route) emoniously opened to traffic by Dr. Ivo Sanader, is a complex link uniting the northern, cen- Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia. tral and southern regions of Europe. It is a The 23 km long section from Đakovo to Sre- project of exceptional value, especially when SLIKA SANADERA danci is the initial part of the A5 Motorway: viewed in the light of economic and transport Beli Manastir � Osijek � Svilaj. integration processes currently in progress The A5 Motorway is spreading from the bor- in the Central Europe. The construction of the der with Hungary to the border with Bosnia Vc Corridor will bring better and more trans- and Herzegovina (88.6 km in length). Motor- parent road, railway, river and air transport way A5 is a part of the European motorway connections, which will in turn boost devel- network and the European Transport Cor- opment in the wider region and thus prove The part of the Vc corridor running through ridor Vc, which extends from Budapest via beneficial to the whole of Europe and Asia. the Republic of Croatia is divided into 5 sections in northern part (A5 Motorway): - Hungarian border � Beli Manastir, 5.0 km in length, - Beli Manastir � Osijek, 24.5 km in length, - Osijek � Đakovo, 32.5 km in length, - Đakovo � Sredanci, 23.0 km in length, - Sredanci � border with Bosnia and Herze- govina, 3.6 km in length and 3 sections in southern part (A10 Motorway): - Border with Bosnia and Herzegovina � Mali Prolog, 8.0 km in length - Mali Prolog � Ploče 1, 6.0 km in length - Ploče1 � Ploče harbour, 9.0 km in length The construction of the Osijek � Đakovo sec- tion is due for completion in December 2008. Another 15 km of motorway is under con- struction (Mali Prolog � Ploče interchange- Ploče harbour ) and completion is scheduled also for the end of 2008. Construction and openings to traffic of the remaining 33 km of the A5 Motorway in the northern part and 8 km of the A10 motorway in the southern part will be scheduled by a new four-year con- struction programme for the period from 2009 to 2012, to be defined by the Govern- ment of the Republic of Croatia. Đakovo to Sredanci section The Đakovo to Sredanci motorway route starts in the Osijek - Baranja County and ends in the Brod - Posavina County. The generally flat terrain traversed by the motorway en- abled designers to place the route at the level Design speed vr (km/h) 130 of about 1.3 m above ground, except at places Min. radius of horizontal curves R (m) 850 where the route traverses the existing water- min courses, railways, the A3 Motorway (Zagreb Min. radius of vertical curves Rmin (m) Concave 15000 � Lipovac) and wildlife migration routes. The (applied at points where the route crosses the design speed of 130 km/h was adopted in A3 motorway and the railway route) Convex 19000 keeping with horizontal and vertical disposi- Maximum cross slope p (%) 2,5 tion of the motorway route. Thus, the follow- max ing route design elements were applied: ≥ The cross section is formed of two carriage- This amount includes land acquisition, relo- between Slavonia and Baranja regions and ways (pavements) separated from one another cation of utilities, archaeology, construction, other parts of Croatia. In addition, it will spur by a median 4 m in width. Each carriageway has equipment, supervision, and other costs. economic development in Slavonia and Ba- two traffic lanes, each 3.75 m in width, and an The opening to traffic of this A5 motorway ranja, and will make local tourist landmarks emergency lane 2.50 m in width. The minimum section will boost the quality of road links more accessible. with of hard shoulders and berms is 1.50 m. Twenty structures (bridges, overpasses and underpasses) were built along the Đakovo to Sredanci route. The most significant ones are the overpass above the railway line at Andrijevci, the Đakovo Interchange and the Đakovo toll station, the Sredanci Inter- change, the road maintenance and traffic control centre in Đakovo, and the Ivandvor and Andrijevci roadside rest areas. The value of the investment in construction works of the Đakovo � Sredanci section is 194,3 million EUR (not including the VAT). Andrijevci viaduct on the Đakovo � Sredanci motorway route A6 Motorway, Rijeka − Zagreb Kikovica − Oštrovica Section ceremoniously opens to traffic On the 20th November Mrs Marina Matulović- schedule which is yet another proof that Croa- Dropulić, Minister of the Environmental Pro- tian construction companies are fully capable of tection, Physical Planning and Construction, meeting even the most demanding challenges ceremoniously opened to traffic the 7.37 km in the construction of our motorways. long Kikovica � Oštrovica section, following The Oštrovica � Kikovica section was de- its widening to the full motorway profile. The signed by the IPZ design office. The works opening ceremony was held in front of nu- were carried out by the consortium com- merous distinguished guests posed of the following companies: Viadukt In the opening address, Mr. Jurica Prskalo, d.d. (leading partner), Hidroelektra Nisk- Windbreaks will also be built by the end of 2008 President of Management Board of the compa- ogradnja d.d, Konstruktor Inženjering d.d., at the Kikovica � Oštrovica section to avoid road ny Autocesta Rijeka � Zagreb d.d., emphasized and Strabag AG, Austria. The equipement closures due to strong winds that are quite fre- that the works on this section started on the 26th for this section was supplied by the company quent at this part of the Rijeka � Zagreb mo- of June 2006, and were completed in as little as Dalekovod d.d. The construction work was torway. 16 months. The section was completed ahead of supervised by IGH (Civil Engineering Insti- The cost of the Kikovica � Oštrovica section tute of Croatia). amounts to 32,4 million EUR, which includes The widening to the full profile of this highly the cost of construction, equipment, design demanding section involved construction of and land purchase. the right hand side (south) pavement of the As many as 109.74 km of the Rijeka � Zagreb motorway, with the following right-hand motorway have so far been realized in full side viaducts: Čičave 304 m in length, Ve- motorway profile, with 13 tunnels, 26 via- liki Svib 381 m in length, Mali Svib 218 m in ducts, and 6 bridges. The remaining 36.76 length, Melnik 146 m in length, Bukovo 385 km will be completed and opened to traffic m in length, and with two underpasses. Thus by the end of 2008. the total of 1.43 km of structures (occupying The Rijeka � Zagreb motorway is being built 19.3 percent of the overall length of the sec- based on a sound vision relating to the long- tion) were built at this technically very dif- term development and sustainability of the ficult and effort-intensive section. region it traverses. In order to fully imple- The closed drainage system, with three sep- ment our sustainable development policies, arators and three lagoons, was built at this the company has introduced and is apply- section in order to protect the watercourses ing the quality management system (ISO in the zone influenced by the motorway. 9001:2000) and the environment management HRVATSKA UDRUGA KONCESIONARA ZA AUTOCESTE S NAPLATOM CESTARINE / CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF TOLL MOTORWAYS CONCESSIONAIRES BILTEN 12, NOVEMBER 2007 system (ISO 14001:2004), and we are now in are currently preparing the first sustainabil- With the Rijeka � Zagreb motorway, the the process of introducing the management ity report. We are also presently forming the Croatian road network has become richer system relating to the health protection and user forum, and are drafting the user charter for yet another significant motorway con- occupational safety (OHSAS 18001). We are that will mirror the needs and wishes of our necting our biggest port of Rijeka with the the signatories of the UN Global Compact, and users, and our relationship with the latter. capital of Croatia. A1 Motorway, Zagreb − Split − Dubrovnik Second-tube construction work starts at Mala Kapela and Sveti Rok tunnels The company Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o. start- cluding the VAT, while the construction work simultaneously with full operation of traf- ed the tunnelling work on second tunnel tubes for the Mala Kapela Tunnel amounts to 20.4 fic in the right-hand tunnel tubes. Thus the of the Sveti Rok and Mala Kapela tunnels. The million EUR, also without the VAT. The con- scheduling of this work has been adjusted to works are preformed by contractors selected struction works for both of these second tunnel the idea of using the new tubes - to the extent following a public bidding. Thus a joint venture tubes are due for completion within 18 months, possible - for communication and passage of formed of Hidroelektra niskogradnja d.d. and and will be followed by finishing works (instal- competent services in emergency situations. Konstruktor-inženjering d.d. was set up for lation of safety systems, and placing of traffic The need to finish and make functional these the Sveti Rok Tunnel, while an another joint signs and markings). All second-tube works on second tunnel tubes, excavated earlier but not venture, formed of Viadukt d.d.