BELGRADE (Serbia), November 28 (SeeNews) – The Belgrade city government said it has signed a contract with China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) for construction of a wastewater treatment plant in Serbia's capital.
A total of 260 million euro ($309.6 million) will be invested in the construction of the wastewater treatment plant, which will begin in the second half of 2018, Belgrade mayor Sinisa Mali said in a statement late on Monday.
The agreement also envisages the completion of the construction of the wastewater interceptor system of Belgrade, Mali said after the signing of the contract in the framework of the sixth Meeting of Heads of Government of China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) initiative, known as the 16+1 mechanism, held in Budapest, Hungary.
"When it comes to wastewater, they go to the Sava and the Danube, which is completely unacceptable, and we are almost the only city that does not have a wastewater treatment plant," the Belgrade mayor said.
In October, France's Suez said it signed an agreement to invest 300 million euro in the construction of a waste-to-energy facility with installed power production capacity of 25 MW and heat production capacity of 56 MW in Belgrade in consortium with Environment Investments Limited, a subsidiary of Japan's Itochu. The project will allow the city government to close and remediate the Vinca landfill.
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