Funding package secured for Bosnia highway work

Funding has been secured to pay for key highway projects planned for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federal Bosnia and Herzegovina Government is planning to use just over €138 million of its budget to build new highway trunk road sections. These projects include new trunk roads between Lasva and Nvic as well as Praca and Gorazde, the ring road for Mostar and the Hranjen Tunnel.
October 29, 2019 Read time: 1 min
Funding has been secured to pay for key highway projects planned for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Federal Bosnia and Herzegovina Government is planning to use just over €138 million of its budget to build new highway trunk road sections. These projects include new trunk roads between Lasva and Nvic as well as Praca and Gorazde, the ring road for Mostar and the Hranjen Tunnel.
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