The Construction of the Highway Near Dimitrovgrad Started

Belgrade, April 17. 2010 (Serbia Today) - Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic, the Speaker of Serbian Parliament ceremonially opened the works on the construction of Corridor 10, road section at Dimitrovgrad, on Wednesday . She said that because of the construction of Corridor 10 highway jobs will be provided for 100,000 people. It is a long section of 8.7 kilometers, whose construction cost 31 million Euros. The beginnings of these works means that Serbia is becoming a big construction site and that’s giving a hope for a better future for the country. I take this opportunity to thank the representatives of the World Bank. The construction of Corridor 10 and specially this section near Dimitrovgrad in Serbia means a new start in the life of the region, and that the problem of unemployment in this part of Serbia is resolved in the next two years in the best possible way - said Dejanovic. The Director of the World Bank for this region Armitidž Jane said that the World Bank provides full support for the Serbian government to build two missing part of Corridor 10 between Nis and Dimitrovgrad and the border with Macedonia.- The construction of this corridor is a key element for the integration of Serbia with the transport network in the region. The World Bank's Serbia for the construction of this road approved the largest loan ever. Total cost of Corridor 10 is estimated at 1.3 billion Euros, and from this amount the World Bank will finance the 275.2 million Euros - said Armitidz.