Tag: Corridor 8

The 30th of June marked the expiration of the second set deadline for finishing the construction of the Kichevo-Ohrid highway on the Corridor VIII from East to West in North Macedonia. The additional annex to the agreement for extending the building of this highway is yet to be sent to the Parliament of the North Macedonia to be adopted...

Since the agreement with the Italian company Tirena Scavi was terminated, a new contractor is sought to finish the building of the express road Rankovce-Kriva Palanka at Corridor 8. The Public Enterprise for State Roads of North Macedonia has issued an international call for tender that will finish the first subsection from Dlabochica to Chatal, in the length of...

Bigger investments in the reconstruction of the railroad tracks in North Macedonia, meeting the deadlines for the reconstruction projects and raising the maximum travel speed to 120 km/h on the railroad track between Tabanovce and Gevgelija. If these goals are not reached by the government of North Macedonia, the railroad of the Corridor 10 cannot be competitive to the...

With the improvement of the bilateral relations between Macedonia and Bulgaria, the Macedonian government is also actively working on improving the road connection between the two countries. The Public Enterprise for State Roads at the moment is reconstructing the road from Rankovce to Kriva Planka (21 km long). This section from Corridor 8 will be fully repaired by the...

Macedonian government plans the start of the construction of the Kichevo - Gostivar Motorway on Corridor 8 for, broadly, the middle of the next year. The Public Enterprise for State Roads (PESR) informs that at the moment the project documentation for the first section - from Kichevo to the village Bukojchani, 12.7 kilometres long - is being prepared. "The public...

Potholes, sunken tarmac and lack of hard shoulders for emergency stops is the current condition of the Tetovo-Gostivar Motorway, which is one of the busiest motorways in the country. Citizens pay 60 denars toll (one way), and in return the get a motorway in bad condition.  According to the information from the Public Enterprise "Makedonijapat”, average annual daily traffic...

The European Commission has decided not to finance Corridor 8 because of the problems and shortcomings in the transport sector in Macedonia, stated Maja Kocijanicic. “The transport connectivity project which the country submitted, for Corridor 8, will be considered as soon as outstanding issues in that sector, such as sector strategy and coordination, have been addressed and the conditions met....