Serbia project for Chinese?

Serbian Minister of Construction and Urbanism, Velimir Ilic, claims the China Roads and Bridges Company (CRBC) has verbally agreed to invest €2.5 billion (US$ 4.8bn) to enable the construction of the Corridor 11 motorway. Ilic said that an official CRBC offer to fund and build the key motorway route will be submitted from the beginning of September 2012. The CRBC is already participating in construction of Serbia’s Zemun-Bora bridge. Ilic added that the World Bank (WB) had expressed interest in funding a
December 11, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Serbian Minister of Construction and Urbanism, Velimir Ilic, claims the 3366 China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has verbally agreed to invest €2.5 billion (US$ 4.8bn) to enable the construction of the Corridor 11 motorway.

Ilic said that an official CRBC offer to fund and build the key motorway route will be submitted from the beginning of September 2012. The CRBC is already participating in construction of Serbia’s Zemun-Bora bridge. Ilic added that the 2332 World Bank (WB) had expressed interest in funding a new energy efficiency project, which could create 100,000 jobs in the construction sector.

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