February 18, 2023 - Works worth around three million euros, mainly financed from the EU Solidarity Fund, will be carried out to improve Zagreb traffic, Mayor Tomasevic pointed out.

As Poslovni writes, Tomislav Tomašević, together with his deputies, Danijela Dolenec and Luka Korlaet, and the President of the City Assembly, Joško Klisović, toured the works on the reconstruction of Aleja Matije Ljubeka of the Jarun Recreation and Sports Center, which should be completed by April, and are being carried out by Zagrebačke ceste - a branch of Zagrebački holding.

Wider and safer bicycle paths

"Since the Universiade, for almost 40 years, this road has not been thoroughly restored or reconstructed," he pointed out, adding that this is why it was in such a (bad) condition. Like many other roads, this road was damaged in the Zagreb earthquake. He thanked the Ministry of Construction for its cooperation in applying for the project of the Solidarity Fund.

Tomasevic announced that traffic would be improved so that bicycle lanes would be much wider and safer.

"This will not only be a renovation, not only a better asphalt and a better surface but also an improved quality for recreational users, especially those who use bicycles around Jarun", he said.

He announced that in the coming weeks, he will talk more about temporary and permanent traffic regulation, as some details are still being finalised. He also said that the final solution would be better for the citizens.

"The revitalisation of Jarun has begun," said the President of the City Assembly, Josko Klisovic (SDP). He pointed out that Jarun will return to the glory he had in 1986 and 1987 when it was made for the Universiade.

Klisovic said that the works will be carried out in several phases, now the first one is in progress - the complete renovation of Aleja Matije Ljubeka, and after that, the City Assembly has already tasked the mayor with the proposal of the SDP to also carry out desilting of the water, and removing the water lilies and sediments, so that citizens can bathe in the clean Jarun and athletes and recreationists can use it.

In the third phase, the training grounds will be renovated, but this, he added, is a minor undertaking.

Sarajevska Street will be the new entrance to Zagreb from the south

Mayor Tomasevic also said they have an agreement with the Ministry of Transport to build a new access to the city from the south, using Sarajevska Street. He said that HŽ-Infrastruktura, Croatian Roads, the Ministry of Transport, ZET and the City of Zagreb are also important for this project.

He explained that a new junction from the bypass would connect with an overpass over the entire Shunting Railway Station to Sarajevska Street, where the road will be widened, and a new tram line will be connected to Most Mladosti.

"In this sense, we will have a road solution, a solution for public transport and the relief of this western entrance to the south of the city", said Tomasevic.

He reported that the City is currently working on expropriation, resolving property-legal relations on the route of Sarajevska street and believes that this phase could finish at the end of the year. In parallel, public procurement for the tram line and for roads will be conducted. The roads will be financed half from the state budget or EU funds and half from the city budget.

When asked by a journalist about the problem of "illegal water meters", the mayor said that public procurement is in progress, for which it is crucial that more than one company can apply because the problem is that in the public procurement since May, the specification was such that only one company could get that job in Croatia. It is currently being appealed to the state commission for public procurement control, and he hopes it will be resolved as soon as possible because it is in everyone's interest.

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