Serbia to co-finance new Trebinje Airport
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The Serbian government has announced it will finance the construction of a new commercial airport near Trebinje in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Assistant Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Zoran Ilić, said, “We have selected two locations for the airport, which will now be examined further. We will prepare all the necessary technical documentation for the airport’s development, which will be completed in the next ten days. Construction could start in some six months to a year. This airport will be of use not only for Bosnia and Herzegovina but also parts of coastal Croatia and Montenegro”. The airport would likely be managed by the Serbian state through a long-term concession.
Local authorities in Trebinje announced their intention to resume plans for the construction of the infamous airport in 2018. The government forked out 820.000 euros between 2009 and 2011 for project documentation for a 2.6 kilometre runway and a terminal capable of handling 260.000 passengers per year, only to give up on the idea two years later after naming the airport's General Manager and contracting an Austrian consultant to identify potential routes. The government has since said the study conducted by the Austrian consultant was incomplete. A subsequent tender for the drafting of a new development strategy was cancelled.
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