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Bosnia motorway rebuilding work; funding secured

Funding has been secured to carry out motorway construction and road rebuilding work in the Bosnian autonomous entity Republika Srpska. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide €351 million to build new motorway connections and improve existing roads in the territory. Of this funding package, €150 million will be used for the Corridor 5 project.
October 7, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Funding has been secured to carry out motorway construction and road rebuilding work in the Bosnian autonomous entity Republika Srpska. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide €351 million to build new motorway connections and improve existing roads in the territory. Of this funding package, €150 million will be used for the Corridor 5 project.

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