Regional Balkans Infrastructure Study Transport - WBC-INCO Net

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The Core Network also includes the following seaports: Durres, Rijeka, Split,
Dubrovnik, Ploce, Bar and Vlore.
The airports of the EU strategic network serve the five capitals of the region
and the cities of Banja Luka, Split, Dubrovnik, Nis, Pristina and Podgorica. It is
realised that, in the long term, some concentration of traffic is likely to occur.
At the moment, however, there is no basis for proposing further concentration.
The Core Network described above will provide efficient communication links
between the capitals and other key cities of the region, and link the region to
the capitals of neighbouring countries. In the subsequent phases of work,
REBIS will only consider projects which relate to this Core Network.
The traffic volumes on the various links will vary considerably (see Chapter
2.6), and the development of the links should take this fully into account. For
the roads, for example, some links will have to be developed into full motorway
standard, whereas other links may remain two-lane highways for a longer period.
Figure 2.4 Possible future core road (route 1).
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Some modifications to the network
may be warranted in the future. In
Croatia, for example, tendering and
construction of some parts of the
Bosiljevo-Split motorway and the
motorway from Zuta Lokva to Rupe
at the Slovenian border is in progress.
Once completed, these new
roads will become important intraregional
links, connecting the
Adriatic coast to Italy and the networks
of Central Europe by a high
speed connection as shown on Figure
2.4. Zadar plays an important
role - second to Split - in the passenger
traffic and it has some regional
importance. Due to its location
off the core road network it
has, however, not been included in
the core network. If the Bosiljevo-
Split motorway is completed - as
described above - this could perhaps
be re-considered.
The trunk road section M5 (E761) in Serbia has been included in the Serbian
rehabilitation programme and is currently financed through an EBRD loan.
Once rehabilitated, this important route (>7000 vpd) will connect important
industrial cities and towns of Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Montenegro. It has been proposed to include this road in the Core Network