Plan for the first section of sector C of the bypass around Belgrade and Pancevo - Here's what will be built from Bubanj Potok to Bolec

PE Roads of Serbia submitted a request to the Ministry of Environmental Protection for a decision on the nessessity of an environmental impact assessment of the phased construction of the first section of the E-70 highway, the bypass around Belgrade and Pancevo - sector C and the new Beli Potok-Vinca-Pancevo bypass railway with a road-railway bridge over the Danube near Vinča.

This ring road represents a key solution for transit traffic around the capital. By building a complete bypass road in this phase, transit traffic from the north (E-75) and west (E-70) would connect with the south (E-75) and east (E-70), as well as the future highway ( E-763) in the southwest direction, going around the city area. Only the highway directions are mentioned here, and there are main and regional roads in the area, which are connected or would be connected to the ring road.

The corridor in question passes through the Belgrade municipalities of Vozdovac and Grocka and the Pancevo industrial zone and includes:

- the new highway section from Bubanj Potok (on the right bank of the Danube) to state roads and local roads around Pancevo (on the left bank of the Danube);

- bypass freight railway Beli Potok - Vinca - Pancevo, which separates from the existing railway Rakovica - Mala Krsna - Velika Plana, passes from the southern side of the industrial zone Pančevo and connects to the railway Pancevo - Vrsac - state border;

The goal of the construction of the planned roadways is to enable the redirection of primarily transit, but also local freight traffic, and thus contribute to the relief of the basic network of city roads in Belgrade and Pancevo. The future bridge is planned over the international waterway, the Danube River, and as such is a point of intersection with river traffic. The bridge as an obstacle to river traffic directly affects the gauge and position of the waterway.

It is to be expected that, after the formation of sector C, the highway bypass will fully assume the role and prerogatives of the appropriate categorization of the European network, i.e. together with roads E-75 and E-70.

The section in question passes through the cadastral municipalities K.O. Beli Potok, K.O. Zuce, K.O. Bolec, K.O. Lestane, K.O. Kaludjerica and K.O. Ritopek.

The most significant buildings on the subject first section of sector C are:

- uneven intersection (loop): Bolec;

- two tunnels: Bubanj potok and Lestane.

The Bolec loop connects the ring road with the IIA-order state road, No 153, in the continuation of the connection to Smeredevo.

The section in question begins at the end of the Bubanj potok interchange, which represents the intersection of the highway route through Belgrade and the part of the bypass around the city, i.e. with a continuation to the south of the country. In the future, once the construction of sector C is done, it will be a junction with the intersection of four highway branches. It is important to note that the mentioned loop was constructed to the full extent for the described future state.


Around 1,250 m after the Bubanj potok tunnel comes the Lestane tunnel, with a classic profile (two traffic lanes in each direction), while in the section between them there are three bridges on both sides of the highway route.

At about 1,650 m after the Lestane tunnel, comes the Bolec loop.

After the loop, the directions on the highway are separated, with the introduction of a bypass railway route between them, and this arrangement is also maintained on the bridge over the Danube. This zone is where the scope of the Conceptual solution ends.

The CIP Traffic Institute from Belgrade was in charge of the conceptual solution.

The relevant minister, Goran Vesic, then stated that a contract was signed with the CIP Traffic Institute for the design of the continuation of the ring road from Bubanj potok to Pancevo, with a length of 31 kilometers. Vesic then stated that, once sector C is finished, he will give an order for the design of sector D, which will represent the connection of Pancevo to the new bridge near Batajnica, which will give Pancevo another bypass on the highway to Novi Sad.

A. K.

JP Putevi Srbije Beograd

Ministarstvo zaštite životne sredine Republike Srbije

E 70 highway

ypass around Belgrade and Pancevo

sector C

Beli Potok Vinča Pancevo bypass

bridge near Vinča

interchange Bubanj potok

Bolec

Beli Potok

Zuce

Lestane

Kaluđerica

Ritopek

Rakovica

Mala Krsna

Velika Plana