Contract signed on construction of bridge across Ada Ciganlija - investment worth 118.6m EUR

The contract on planning and construction of bridge on Ada Ciganlija, worth 118.6m EUR, was signed on Wednesday (April 9, 2008) in the premises of the Assembly of Belgrade.

The contract was signed by representative of the Directorate for Building Land and Construction of Belgrade, Boris Ranković, and representatives of the consortium made of Austrian company "PORR", Slovenian company "SCT" and German "DSD Bruckenbau GmbH", Hubert Vesthing, Bruno Magner and Ivan Zidar.

The consortium is obliged to build the bridge 929 meters long and 45 meters high on Ada Ciganlija within 40 months.

The bridge, as an integral part of the inner main ring, for which the detailed land-utilization plan was adopted in September 2007, will have six traffic lanes, double rails for light railways and two cycling-pedestrian tracks.

Preliminary project for construction of bridge and access junctions with all accompanying studies was elaborated in 2006, and the tender for selection of architect and contractor was realized in two phases in 2007. Total of eight companies from six countries participated in that tender.