Funding provided for semi-highway from Novi Sad to Ruma

The Vojvodina government said in a statement that the funding had been provided for the construction of a semi-highway from Novi Sad to Ruma, with a tunnel through Fruska Gora, adding that a written consent was now being awaited from the Serbian Finance Ministry.

On the occasion of the Finance Ministry's statement reading that Vojvodina PM Bojan Pajtic's statement regarding the funds for the construction of that road has been interpreted in a vague way, the Vojvodina government noted that the prime minister had said that the funds had been provided and that they would be included in the Vojvodina budget for 2013 as soon as the Finance Ministry gave its consent.

- It is indisputable that the funds are exclusively earmarked for the construction of the Novi Sad-Ruma semi-highway section with a tunnel through Fruska Gora and all access roads because this project is among Vojvodina's top priorities.

It is also added that the provincial administration "does not care much" if the funds will be provided from taxes or from a loan extended by China's Exim Bank.