September 21 (SeeNews) - Autoceste FBiH, the state-owned motorway operator of Bosnia's Federation, said on Wednesday it has launched a 20 million euro ($19.9 million) tender for the construction of access roads to the Prenj tunnel, part of the Bosnian section of pan-European Corridor Vc.
The tender envisages the construction of access roads on both sides of the tunnel with a total length of 14 kilometres, the road company said in a press release.
Construction works are expected to begin in early 2023.
Interested parties can submit bids by November 21.
Autoceste FBiH is financing the project through a loan from the EBRD, the company said.
The motorway operator in July launched a 400 million euro tender for the pre-qualification of contractors for the construction of the Prenj road tunnel. As many as 196 companies expressed interest in the tender, Autoceste FBiH said.
European transport Corridor Vc has a total length of 700 km and connects the Adriatic port of Ploce in Croatia with Budapest in Hungary via Bosnia. Its length in Bosnia is some 340 km.
The Federation is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other is the Serb Republic.
($ = 1.00735 euro)