PERIODICAL OF JP AUTOCESTE FBIH INTERVIEW ADNAN TERZIĆ Director of JP Autoceste FBiH ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITES OF CORRIDOR 5C NEW SERVICE OF JP AUTOCESTE FBIH – PREPAID BILLING SYSTEM Build to connect 1 AC INFO 1/19 · CONTENT Interview – Adnan Terzić, director of JP Autoceste FBiH ........................... 4 PERIODICAL OF JP AUTOCESTE FBIH Active construction sites of Corridor 5c ...........................................12 JP Autoceste FBiH were granted over BAM 300 million EU..... ............20 BAM 49 million spent on expropriation in the last three years....................... 22 New service of JP Autoceste FBiH Prepaid billing system ......................24 Income from toll collection .............28 Maintenance preserves the usability of motorway ......................30 Professional firefighting unit of AC INFO is a periodical of JP Autoceste FBiH. It was created AC INFO JP Autoceste FBiH .............................. 34 to provide information about current construction works, Periodical of JP Autoceste FBiH reaching agreements and presentation of future plans. i m p r e s s u m Impact of motorway on the AC INFO is a free available publication. If you want Publisher: JP Autoceste FBiH AC INFO delivered to your home address, e-mail us at environment and safeguards ..........36 Editor: Ena Duran Živanović This certi fi cate is awarded to: [email protected]. Digital edition is available at Design: Adnan Suljkanović Public Company Motorways of the Federati on of Bosnia and www.jpautoceste.ba. Print: Grafičar, Bihać Herzegovina Ltd Mostar Tunnel Prenj the most complex for achieving the: Print run: 400 kom CIPS Corporate Certi fi cati on All maps used in the publication are used for the Year: 2019, Sarajevo Primary Award construction project ........................ 40 purpose of illustration and cannot be considered Writers: Ante Gašpar, Narcisa Date: May 2018 Number: 0007 Valid to: 05/2021 absolutely precise alignments. Livnjak-Borić, Tina Dervišević Photography: TIM SYSTEM, Tina Amanda O’Brien News – Short cuts ............................44 Photographs and 3D models were used for the purpose Group Professional Standards and Regulati on Director Dervišević This certi fi cate is awarded by and remains the property of the Chartered Insti tute of Procurement & Supply of illustration of future alignments of motorways. Viaduct Babina rijeka – Impressive We appreciate your opinion, e-mail your comments and civil engineering structures on suggestions at [email protected] Corridor 5c .......................................... 50 2 3 INTERVIEW WE STARTED NEW AC INFO 1/19 · AC INFO 1/19 · INVESTMENT CYCLE WORTH OF 1,68 PERIODICAL OF JP AUTOCESTE FBIH BILLION EUROS FOR 124 KILOMETRES OF MOTORWAY Interview – Adnan Terzić, director of JP Autoceste FBiH To begin our conversation, how would you assess state of road traffic in BiH? Motorway on Corridor 5c Traffic is one of important preconditions of economic is undoubtedly the most growth and development of all modern economies so important road, and its its importance is the same for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Within that context, development and construction construction represents of modern corridors, especially motorways and expressways on corridors, is exceptionally important. absolute priority, especially It is possible to observe state of road traffic in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Federation of Bosnia and because it is connected with Herzegovina from multiple aspects and through different types of road. Motorway at the Corridor the network of European 5c is currently the most important road route in corridors and represents a Federation of BiH and all efforts are put to complete its full construction. When it comes to motorways and part of corridor connecting expressways, we are currently using approximately 110 km of motorway as well as over 40 km of new Budapest and Ploče i.e. motorway that is being constructed on given sections. When it comes to number of kilometres, we are not Central Europe the at the EU level, but when it comes to equipment and Adriatic Sea. safety of roads we manage, we surely are. In addition to that, all sections were constructed and are still being constructed according to EU standards. 4 5 INTERVIEW AC INFO 1/19 · PERIODICAL OF JP AUTOCESTE FBIH In your opinion, what would be the best and most another two traffic participants being driver and In the last few years the narrative about the relationship accept able strategy related to the further development vehicle. Therefore, it not possible to influence between the road and environment is intensified and Corridor 5c represents of road infrastructure in BiH? traffic safety only by improving infrastructure, but all of it was observed through the prism of sustainable transport relationship infrastructure still plays major role in making traffic development. How does that impact work plans and When it comes to development of road infrastructure and safer. When observed from the aspect of that type of programmes of JP Autoceste FBiH? defining the strategy of development, it is important to which will contribute to safety, one can say that motorway is the safest road emphasize that BiH Transport Strategy defining primary Sustainable development refers to the process of to drive on in Federation of BiH. It was constructed achievement of important road routes is adopted and plan for their construction is achieving balance between economic, social and following the highest safety standards and it has been made. Motorway at Corridor 5c is undoubtedly the most environmental requirements of a society with goal managed with the help of modern surveillance and economic benefits both important road, and its construction represents absolute to find balance between positive and negative effects managements system for five years. Traffic accident priority, especially because it is connected with the of traffic on the society, both in present and future. for the entire country and network of European corridors and represents a part statistics are recorded and analysed year after year of corridor connecting Budapest and Ploče i.e. Central and there is an additional investment in traffic and In addition to legal provisions we have to adhere to for the region. BiH will Europe and the Adriatic Sea. In addition to this road technical equipment based on them and discoveries during the designing and construction of motorway, route, routes of expressways and motorways, which will in the area of traffic safety in general with goal to we decided to actively commit to environmental have multiple key benefits certainly contribute to the development of other parts of improve traffic safety. Although it is not mandatory, protection through the vision of Company. This is BiH not located on the Corridor 5c, are specified, such we are the first in BiH to integrate crush cushions confirmed by introducing ISO 14 0001 Certificate from the project including: as expressway Sarajevo-Goražde or expressway Lašva in the riskiest locations of the motorway and many on environmental management. In addition to that, – Nević polje, and Mostar – Široki Brijeg – Grude. Also, other advanced systems. We make the tunnels on the international financial institutions which finance improvement of regional, there are plans to design expressway toward Bihać, motorway the safest in the entire traffic network by construction of motorway have additional and very national and international motorway connecting the Adriatic and Ionian sea and using management system. We are prepared to react demanding requirements related to environmental other projects. to every unusual situation on the motorway within protection. Here as well I would also like to emphasize connection of countries of one minute since the tunnels are fully equipped that the story does not end with completing the Issue of road functionality is closely related, and in fact with video surveillance. From the strategic aspect motorway but that independent experts keep a regular Western Balkans cannot be separated from the issue of traffic safety. and aspect of future activities, it is important to say track of state of the environment through prescribed What is JP Autoceste doing and what will it be doing that BiH road traffic safety strategy is in making at monitoring. Samples of water from interceptors for in that area? the moment and that we are planning to be active purification of rainwater from motorways are taken Traffic safety is multidimensional category which participant of the process as well as to implement the multiple times a year and in addition to that there does not depend only on state and safety aspects most contemporary solutions with goal to additionally are checks of quality of air in the motorway area, air of infrastructure, but it is directly connected with improve traffic safety. quality and noise level. 6 7 INTERVIEW How happy are you with dynamics of construction works on Corridor 5c and cooperation with contractors who are engaged on the corridor and institutions which are directly related with the enterprise whose director AC INFO 1/19 · you are? At most sections dynamics of conducting of Total construction works on Corridor 5c is occurring in accordance with plans. There were holdups in contracting certain sections and there are mild delays investment at certain construction sites but in each case, we reacted adequately and in timely manner to prevent PERIODICAL OF JP AUTOCESTE FBIH value of current any greater deviations from the plan. Cooperation with institutions