Preparations begin for Bosnia’s A1 motorway construction

Bosnian motorways company Autoceste Federacije says that preparations have started for construction of one of the most expensive parts of the A1 motorway. The project, costing around US$16 million per kilometre, will start on the 5.3km sub-road Vranduk-Pionirak – total value nearly $88.5 million. Work, which is being done by the consortium of Azerbaijani Azvirt and Bosnian Hering, includes a tunnel in central Bosnia./ The road is part of the pan European Corridor VC highway which runs from Budapesi
May 2, 2019 Read time: 1 min
Bosnian motorways company Autoceste Federacije says that preparations have started for construction of one of the most expensive parts of the A1 motorway.


The project, costing around US$16 million per kilometre, will start on the 5.3km sub-road Vranduk-Pionirak – total value nearly $88.5 million.

Work, which is being done by the consortium of Azerbaijani Azvirt and Bosnian Hering, includes a tunnel in central Bosnia./

The road is part of the pan European Corridor VC highway which runs from Budapesin Hungary to the Croatian port of Ploce.

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