In Serbia, more than 80,000 construction sites are currently working on infrastructure projects with a total value of 23 billion euros

The Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia, Tomislav Momirovic, stated today that at this moment, more than 80,000 construction sites in Serbia are working on infrastructure projects whose total value is 23 billion euros.
“We have raised our economy to the level that we can have the strength to undertake such capital works. First of all, I am thinking of the Moravian Corridor, which, when completed, will change the perspective of that part of Serbia and connect Krusevac and Cacak. Infrastructure is a precondition for the development of the economy, growth of standards, and we are realizing such important projects in every part of the country,” Momirovic said on TV Prva.
He pointed out that more highways are being built in the Republic of Serbia than in all the surrounding countries combined.
He added that tens of thousands of cadastral parcels are being expropriated, thousands of people are being moved to new locations, and he emphasized that the citizens are aware that all this is being done because of them and the development of the country.
“You can’t just bring the highway by helicopter and lower it,” Momirovic pointed out and stated that in that process of building new, modern roads, no part of the local road network will remain unrepaired.
He said that 500 workers are engaged every day in the construction of the section from Preljina to Pakovrac alone, and stated that the conditions are incredibly difficult for workers who work at very high temperatures every day.
“I really admire those people. We will start testing the asphalt soon, and by the end of the year we expect to release the bypass around Cacak,” said Momirovic, estimating that “Čačak will breathe” from next year.
According to the Minister, the road from Preljina to Pozega is the most demanding, because 40 percent of that section are tunnels and bridges.
“About 2,000 people are engaged every day in the construction of the Moravian Corridor. When we finish it, which, according to the contract and the dynamics, will be in 2023, it will be the most modern and best highway in Serbia,” said Momirovic.
According to him, due to better infrastructure, the economic perspective in Serbia will be completely different in a few years, conditions will be created for average salaries to be up to a thousand euros, and pensions around 400 euros.
“We owe it to our citizens,” said the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure.
As for the construction of communal infrastructure, he said that Serbia, in addition to the Chinese, is also working with European and other partners on that project.
“Of course, we also work with domestic companies. We have had one serious problem for decades. We pour all the wastewater directly into nature, then we take drinking water from that nature and if we do not deal with it, we will permanently destroy our country. When we opened it as a problem, we saw that it was expensive, but also necessary. The president decided to get into that story because they are first-rate environmental projects,” Momirovic said.
He pointed out that the goal is to clean the rivers from all wastewater that flows into them, and announced that Serbia will invest four billion euros in environmental projects in the next five years.
Momirovic emphasized that the goal is to bring the rivers to the level of 80 percent of the country’s territory to be clean, to keep nature clean, because, according to him, “that is the essence we are moving towards as a society.”
When it comes to legalization, the Minister pointed out that 90 percent of people who have illegal objects are an honest and honorable world that resorted to construction in order to solve their housing and social issue.
“We have to help and support those people. These are our fellow citizens. We will not demolish the people who provided a roof over their heads in that way, but we will not abolish those people who saw an opportunity to earn money in criminal behavior,” Momirovic warned.
He stated that 20% of the facilities have been legalized so far, and that the legal plan is to complete the legalization by 2023.
When it comes to the Belgrade-Novi Sad railway, Momirovic says that it is not only the most expensive but also the most technologically challenging project.
“The best railway in Europe is the Swiss one. We buy those trains, we build the railway according to those standards. So, the two largest cities in Serbia will be connected by a fast railway according to the highest European standards. We will finish it by the end of the year, and we will release it for commercial use in February next year,” said Momirovic, Nova reports.