Slavonska Avenue - At-grade Crossing Problem

At-grade Crossing Problem

Since Slavonska Avenue is an important Zagreb arterial road, the presence of at-grade intersections with traffic lights slows down traffic creating immense traffic jams during rush hours. The fact that road has only four-lanes only enlarges the problem.

In particular, the at-grade intersections of Slavonska are:

• Cvjetno naselje/Vrbik
• Kruge/Savica
• Marijana Čavića street (Ferenščica/Žitnjak)
• Čulinečka street (Donja Dubrava/Struge)
• Resnik

A solution planned for 2008 proposes widening to six lanes and replacing most problematic traffic light intersections with overpasses. As of 2010, it is known the intersection with Čavićeva is planned to be upgraded, while the Ljudevita Posavskog street intersection south of Sesvete has been changed into a grade-separated intersection in 2010.

A traffic fatality caused by the hazardous traffic light scheme on the Čavićeva street intersection in 2008 alarmed Mayor Bandić to speed up the procedure, but to little practical effect.

Many intersections with minor streets, particularly on the section between Držićeva and Heinzelova, were built as right-in/right-outs, having drivers on nearby interchanges and intersections change several traffic lanes in a very short distance, which results in weaving.