EBRD has published an invitation for expressions of interest for elaborating a masterplan study for the Split Urban Regeneration Project (SURP). EBRD acts on behalf of the City of Split and the Croatian Railways Infrastructure (HZI), the main stakeholders of SURP.
The expressions of interest should be submitted by 5 November. The project is funded from the Austrian Technical Assistance Co-operation Fund.
The masterplan study concerns the feasibility and commercial viability of the potential partial relocation of the railway and bus station to the Kopilica site, and a phased development plan for both sites. The study shall thus focus on two major development sites: the existing railway and bus station located at the eastern wing of the City Port at the heart of Split’s Old Town (the Downtown Site) and a possibility of a partial relocation to a new railway and bus station planned to be developed in the Kopilica area.
Upon the finalisation of the masterplan study and consequent international architectural competition, the Downtown Site redevelopment would focus on the removal of a majority of the existing railway tracks and accompanied platforms, scaling down the operating station and creating a city-centre hub that would serve as a link to the new Kopilica-based transport hub via city trains.
This move would free up approximately 130,000 sqm of prime land in the Old Town, which is in the ownership of HZI and the Republic of Croatia. Some of that land will be allocated to the Municipality of Split for a section of access roads, which will leave approximately 70,000sqm available for redevelopment by the HZI and the Municipality of Split in participation with private developers.
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