Minister Momirovic taken ill at construction site: It's known why he underwent urgent surgery

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Minister of Construction, Traffic and Infrastructure Tomislav Momirovic was taken ill yestoday at a construction site, after which he had urgent surgery in the Uzice hospital, Telegraf has learned. According to our sources, these are health problems related to his appendix.

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On Tuesday, Minister Momirovic visited the works on the Laz tunnel, on the route of the future highway from Preljina to Pozega.

Momirovic announced new bypasses

Momirovi stated that in addition to the construction of the highway, bypasses around Gornji Milanovac, Uzice and Pozega will also be built.

After touring the works, Momirovic told reporters that construction of the bypass around Gornji Milanovac and Uzice will begin in September, and around Pozega in February or March next year.

As he explained, the least has been done on the bypass project around Pozega, and added that neither the expropriation project, nor the general regulation plan that must be adopted the next month, nor the works on the conceptual design and the project for the construction permit have been done.

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Momirovic said that the bypass around Pozega will cost between seven and 10 million euros, and that the price will include regulation of the watercourse of the river Skrapez and the planned overpasses.

Speaking about the works on the section Preljina-Pozega, Momirovic said that the works are progressing according to the planned dynamic and added that it is one of the most difficult sections with two longest tunnels in Serbia, and with the most complex geology.

He stressed that the section would be completed within the planned deadline, and that three more bypasses around Gornji Milanovac, Pozega and Uzice had been added to the project.

Momirovic said that the new highway and bypasses will bring new investors to Western Serbia, and will lead to the realization of the goal from the "Serbia 2025" plan, which is that by 2025 the average salary in our country should be 900 euros.

The president of the municipality of Pozega, Djordje Nikitovic, said that the bypass around Pozega is as important for the citizens as the highway itself. As he explained, freight traffic passes through the town's center and next to two primary schools, and added that the bypass will solve that problem.

Nikitovic added that the bypass will bring new investors, speed up traffic, but also reduce air pollution in the town's center.

(Telegraf.rs)