A11 (Croatia) - Further Construction

Further Construction

As of September 2011, approximately one fifth of the A11 motorway route is completed, and the completed section is not directly connected to the Croatian motorway system. This is planned to be achieved through the Jakuševec interchange, which is under construction as a part of the 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) Jakuševec–Velika Gorica jug section of the A11. The section spans Zagreb suburban area and its completion was repeatedly delayed due to changes of legislation, land acquisition and funding issues. Various parts of the section have reached different stages of completion depending on resolution of those issues, especially land ownership and planning documents.

Construction works on the 11.2-kilometre (7.0 mi) Buševec–Lekenik section, immediately to the south of the completed portion of the A11 motorway were commenced in April 2010, when completion of the section was announced for 2011. The section shall require construction of two bridges, six flyovers, four culverts, Lekenik toll plaza and Peščenica rest area. The construction works contract was awarded to Konstruktor, Hidroelektra and Osijek Koteks. Value of the contract works is 645 million kuna (87.1 million euro), including VAT. In Lekenik–Sisak section, preparatory works commenced, entailing relocation of utilities along the planned motorway route. In May 2012, Hrvatske autoceste proposed cancellation of construction works south of Lekenik.

In April 2010, the entire 47.9-kilometre (29.8 mi) A11 motorway route between Zagreb bypass and Sisak was planned to be completed within two and a half years, at a cost of 5.1 billion kuna (689 million euro). When completed, the A11 shall be tolled between Velika Gorica jug exit and Sisak, unlike the sections between Velika Gorica jug and Jakuševec interchanges which shall remain toll free as a part of the Zagreb bypass. The existing section of the A11 is planned to be tolled, however it was announced that the section shall remain toll-free until the Velika Gorica jug–Jakuševec section is completed. Ultimately, when completed the A11 is planned to have eight interhchanges, and the most significant structures on the route shall include a 550-metre (1,800 ft) Odra Bridge also spanning a railway and a road, a 280-metre (920 ft) bridge crossing the Sava-Odra Canal, a 270-metre (890 ft) arch bridge spanning the Kupa River, and a 750-metre (2,460 ft) viaduct in addition to the 710-metre (2,330 ft) one required to be built north of the Jakuševec interchange, acrosss Zagreb shunting yard.