PODGORICA (Montenegro), February 24 (SeeNews) – The coronavirus outbreak in China may slow the construction of Montenegro's Bar-Boljare motorway by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), Montenegrin media reported.
About 800 Chinese workers engaged in the motorway construction are still in their home country due to the coronavirus epidemic and are expected to come to Montenegro in March but will not return immediately to the construction site, public broadcaster Radio Crne Gore quoted the director of motorway operator Monteput, Jonuz Mujevic, as saying in an interview on Saturday.
"The CRBC director will inform us how many of them will be able to return to the construction site. We have an aggravating circumstance because when they return, for a certain amount of time they will have to spend quarantine, but we have all the assurances of the contractor that if there is any problem they will hire subcontractors," Mujevic said.
CRBC is building the 41 km-long Smokovac-Matesevo section of the motorway, 83% of which has been completed, Mujevic added.
The section will feature 18 tunnels, 13 bridges, five viaducts and four interchanges.