Novi Sad
On Wednesday, 25th January 2023, at the PE “Urban and Spatial Planning Institute of Vojvodina” in Novi Sad, the final conference on the project “Development of Border Crossing Santovo - Bački Breg with Necessary Customs Office and Facilities in Function of Freight Traffic” was held, where the results of the project were presented.
The project was financed from the European Union Interreg IPA funds, and the project partners are the PE “Roads of Serbia”, the Hungarian National Infrastructure Development Corporation (NIF Zrt.) and the PE “Urban and Spatial Planning Institute of Vojvodina".
Thanks to the European Union programs, an array of the Interreg IPA cross-border Hungary – Serbia cooperation projects has been successfully implemented. They are immediately directed toward the improvement of transport infrastructure, stimulation of cross-border companies and economic relations, establishment of new business opportunities, exchange of experiences and good practice examples in the domain of culture, tourism and education.
The opening conference was held on 17th December 2021 in Novi Sad, while on 23rd June 2022, at the PE “Roads of Serbia” premises in Belgrade, a conference was held where the project progress was presented.
The project goal is the development of the border crossing Santovo-Bački Breg for all types of freight traffic without limitations, since, at the moment, traffic is allowed only for passenger and cargo vehicles up to 3.5 tons.
President of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Ištvar Pastor, said on that occasion that projects like this one represent the “opening of windows and doors to the world”, adding that a very important old border crossing will get a new shine and new contents.
PE “Roads of Serbia” has, within this project, developed the necessary planning documentation, the conceptual solution, the concept design and the building permit design. The documentation includes various planning documents, design and technical documentation and preliminary studies, representing the precondition for the widening of the border crossing Santovo-Bački Breg for freight traffic, i.e., for the construction of expanded capacities of this crossing.
The opening of the border crossing Santovo – Bački Breg for freight traffic will, to a great extent, relieve the existing border crossings between Hungary and Serbia, reduce congestion, and open new possibilities for the development of economic and all other connections between the two countries.
The border crossing will be directly connected to the new route connecting the border crossings Bački Breg and Nakovo, via Sombor, Kula, Vrbas, Bečej, Novi Bečej and Kikinda, thus forming an expressway which will, to a great extent, speed up the transport of goods and people in the entire region.
The Provincial Secretary for Urbanism and Environment, Nemanja Erceg, the Deputy Provincial Secretary for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Administration, Dr.Zoran Tasić, the Mayor of Sombor, Antonio Ratković, and the Director of the PE “Urban and Spatial Planning Institute of Vojvodina", Predrag Knežević, also spoke at the conference.
You can watch or download the statement of the President of the Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Ištvar Pastor, as well as the footage from the press-conference, on the following link: 25.01.23. Završna konferencija IPA projekta prekogranične saradnje Srbije i Mađarske
