By indicative extension of the TEN-T to the Western Balkans, the highway Bar - Boljare has been included in the core regional transport network (Road Route 4). The highway, approximately 169 km long, will provide a strategic link from the Port of Bar on the Adriatic Coast to Boljare near the border with Serbia. This will be the shortest connection from Hungary and Romania through Serbia and Montenegro to southern Italy and Albania. The Bar - Boljare highway will also link the ports on the Adriatic Sea with ports on the Danube (Corridor VII and Corridor X) and, ultimately, with the entire Pan-European corridor network.
The construction of the Bar - Boljare highway will be conducted in four phases:
This WBIF technical assistance grant finances the preparation of a Preliminary Design (PD), Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the approximately 21 km long section from Matesevo to Andrijevica (Phase II of the Bar-Boljare highway construction).
