President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, announced on his Instagram that 32 km of new fast traffic routes will open tomorrow, connecting the highway to Požarevac and from Veliko Gradište to Golubac.
This road is part of the Danube Corridor, which has been under construction in Serbia for years, and its opening dates have been postponed several times. Initially, it was stated that the first section of the three-part corridor would be completed by the end of 2023, with the entire corridor finished by November 2024. However, in the summer of 2024, Prime Minister Miloš Vučević announced a new completion deadline of September 2025.
Towards the end of last year, the government announced that some sections of the corridor would open for traffic. However, around the same time, news broke that one of the overpasses on the Požarevac-Veliko Gradište-Golubac section had collapsed.
A few days later, the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Veliko Gradište confirmed that no structures, bridges, or overpasses had collapsed or collapsed at the construction site of the Požarevac-Veliko Gradište-Golubac fast route in the Đurakovo-Popovac area, contrary to earlier media reports.
The construction of this 67 km long road started in November 2021, with an investment of over 330 million EUR. The work is being carried out by the Chinese company Shandong Hi Speed Group, with subcontractors from Serbia.
