HZ Infrastruktura awarded the contract for the engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works for the modernisation of Karlovac – Oštarije railway line.
HRK 4.15 million (EUR 552,677) is the value of the contract singed with a consortium of Mobilita Evolva and Ekonerg Energy and Environmental Protection Institute. The consortium must complete the study within 18 months. The study and design documentation covers analysis on the potential of the increased capacity along the line, the increase of traffic safety as well as the cost analysis.
The contract is co – financed by the Cohesion Fund under the Competitiveness and Cohesion Operational Programme 2014-2020.
The aim of the contract is to provide the study and design documentation for the modernisation of the 40 km of Karlovac – Oštarije railway line.
The Karlovac – Oštarije section is an integral part of the M202 Zagreb GK – Karlovac – Rijeka main corridor for international traffic, which is located on the RH2 rail transport corridor and the Mediterranean Trans-European railway corridor.
On the relevant corridor, some projects have been completed such as the modernisation of signalling and interlocking devices at Zagreb central station. Some of rail sections are currently in the works’ performance phase such as the Dugo Selo – Križevci section, while some projects are in the phase of public procurement for the performance of works and supervision: the Križevci – Koprivnica – state border.
Karlovac – Oštarije section is a continuation of the Hrvatski Leskovac – Karlovac section, for which the design documents are being prepared and the EU grant agreement was signed. Besides these sections, the Oštarije – Škrljevo section continues further to the Karlovac – Oštarije section, for which public procurement for the preparation of study documents is currently ongoing, and Škrljevo – Rijeka – Jurdani section, for which design documentation is being prepared.
In December 2018, Croatia’s Ministry of Transport and the Central Finance and Contracting Agency signed a grant agreement for the preparation of study and design documents for the modernisation of M202 Zagreb GK – Rijeka railway line, Karlovac – Oštarije section. Project aim is to prepare study and design documents for the modernisation and construction of the Zagreb – Rijeka route to connect the wider area of Karlovac and Oštarije, together with meeting technical and technological conditions which main corridor lines for international traffic must fulfil.
Total project value is HRK 85.5 million (EUR 11.38 million), of which HRK 69.5 million (EUR 9.25 million) are eligible costs. 85 per cent of eligible costs (HRK 59 million – EUR 7.85 million) will be financed from the Cohesion fund, while the remaining 15 per cent (HRK 10.4 million – EUR 1.38 million) will be secured by HŽ Infrastruktura.
The project is expected to be completed in December 2023.
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