B&H: REGIONAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

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Project ID 31788

Status Complete

Location

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Business Sector

Transport

Notice Type

State

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 31788

Status Complete

Location

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Business Sector

Transport

Notice Type

State

Environmental Category

Approval Date

16 Nov 2004

Disclosure date

09 Dec 2003

As per section 1.4.2 (iii) of the Directive on Access to Information: "For Projects approved by Bank management where the Board of Directors has delegated the approval authority, the PSD shall be disclosed at the start of the relevant no-objection notification period to a member country of the Bank in accordance with Article 13 (iii) of the Agreement Establishing the EBRD."

Project Description

The proposed project entails:

(i) construction of a new road, Banja Luka to Gradiska, to provide connection to neighbouring Croatia and to the Pan-European Corridor X. The project will consist of a 29 km new road from Laktasi (Airport) to Gradiska.

(ii) construction of Sarajevo Bypass, forming part of the Pan-European Corridor Vc. The project will consist of a four lane by-pass from Josanica to Butila, a two lane by-pass from Butila to Blazuj, a four lane link to Sarajevo city center (Butila—Brijesce-Safeta Zajke Street) and upgrade of Brijesce –Stup street.

The objectives of this project comprise: parallel financing of these important regional roads links; strengthening of State institutions to enhance the 'single economic space', improving the functioning of road sector organisations and ensuring availability of funds for road operation and maintenance.

Transition Impact

Improvements to road sector financing:

Ensure that Road Directorates have adequate funds at least to operate and maintain the main road networks and, if possible, to allow for periodic renewal;
Increase the certainty of road finance by revising the maintenance funding approach, but in such a manner that meets IMF criteria;
Given the unusual government situation in BiH, to harmonise road user charges and road-related taxes between the two Entities to facilitate the creation of ‘one economic space’.

Increase the commercialisation of road administration and management:

Set up both Road Directorates as corporate entities;
Improve the structure of the Board of Directors of the Road Directorates so that they have significant road user/private sector presence; this is also important in meeting IMF transparency criteria;
Technical and Financial Independent audits of the two Road Directorates which will be made available to the public.

Regulatory and institutional reform:

Develop, using a consultative approach, a coherent and integrated transport policy at State level to guide development, operation, administration and management of the sector, including the road sub-sector;
Make legislative changes necessary to support all of the above.

The Client

The State of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the Governments of the two Entities comprising the State - Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBH) and Republika Srpska (RS) and the relevant Road Authorities of the Entities.

EBRD Finance

€ 70 million, Sovereign Loan to Bosnia and Herzegovina, with on lending to the two political entities comprising the State. The project will be co-financed with the EIB and the OPEC Fund.

Project Cost

Total project cost is estimated at € 235 million.

Environmental Impact

The project has been screen A/0 requiring preparation of the EIA for both components of the project. The Scoping Document and Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan (PCDP) required by EBRD Environmental Policy have been prepared for both components and public hearings were carried out accordingly. EIAs for both components were prepared and several potentially significant environmental impacts were identified, such as noise, storm water management, demolition and construction waste disposal. These impacts will be mitigated based on the actions defined in the environmental action plans (EAPs) which will be incorporated in the main technical design of the projects. Key components of EAPs include: protective noise barriers, road drainage system, oils separators and adequately prepared construction waste disposal sites. Implementation of these actions will be monitored in annual environmental, health and safety reports prepared by the clients.

Executive Summaries and EIAs available below.

Sarajevo By-Pass component

There is an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment available for this project.

PSD last updated

01 Feb 2019

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Public Information Policy (PIP)

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Project ID 31788

Status Complete

Location

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Business Sector

Transport

Environmental Category

Disclosure date

31 May 2004

Purpose of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments

The proposed project entails:

The transition impact of the project will be achieved through improvements to road sector financing, increased commercialisation of road administration and management and regulatory and institutional reform.

There is a project summary document available for this project.

ESIA Summary

Sarajevo bypass executive summary (188KB - PDF), Bosnian (193KB - PDF)
Banja Luka-Gradiska executive summary (638KB - PDF), Serbian (617KB - PDF)

Full ESIA availability

Full ESIA documentation is available locally at:
EBRD Headquarters in London, environmentandsocial@ebrd.com

And

Sarajevo bypass component of the project

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Road Directorate, Mr Goran Kurtovic;
2, Put Zivota Street, Krilo A/III, 71000 Sarajevo, Tel +387 33 250370
Municipality Ilidza, Samira Catovica-Kobre 1, Tel +387 33 624 431, Mr Hamdija Rastoder
Municipality Hadzici, Hadzeli 96, Tel +387 33 421 025, Mr Adem Balic
Municipality Vogosca, Josanicka 80, Tel +387 33 430 805, Mr Ferid Ibisevic
Municipality Novi Grad, Bulevar Mese Selimovica 97, Tel + 387 33 291 139, Mr Zeljko Lalic

Banja Luka-Gradiska component of the project

Public Company "Republic of Srpska Roads", 10 Vase Pelagica Street, 78000 Banja Luka, Tel +387 51 309128, Mr Igor Jokanovic
Municipality Gradiska, Mladena Stojanovica 18, Tel: +387 51 813 538, Mr Djordje Zivkovic
Municipality Laktasi, Karadjordjeva 56, Tel: + 387 51 832 370, Mr Miroslav Protic

And

EBRD Resident Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2nd floor, 4 Obala Kulina Bana Street, 71000 Sarajevo
Mr. Aygen Yayikoglu, Head of Office
Tel: +387 33 667 945
Fax: +387 33 667 950

And

For Sarajevo By-Pass component of the project:

www.fmpuio.gov.ba/FMPUiO/Javna_rasprava.htm

For Banja Luka-Gradiska component of the project:

www.mpugie.rs.ba/news.php?nid=4

Enquiries

Environmental enquiries

For Sarajevo bypass component of the project

Mrs. Andja Hadziabdic
Head of Department for Ecology and Environmental Impact Assessment
Address: Marsala Tita 9, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: + 387 33 443 336
Fax: + 387 33 443 336
e-mail: andja.hadziabdic@fmpuio.gov.ba

For Banja Luka-Gradiska component of the project

Mr Ozren Laganin
Ministry of Urban Planning, Civil Engineering and Ecology
Address: Vuka Karadzica 4, 78000 Banja Luka, Republika Srpska
Tel: + 387 51 215 501, 214 198
Fax: + 387 51 215 548
e-mail: bj_minurb@blic.net

General enquiries

For Sarajevo By-Pass component of the project

Mr. Goran Kurtovic, Expert Associate
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Road Directorate
Address: 2, Put Zivota Street, Krilo A/III
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: + 387 33 250 370 Fax: +387 33 250 400
E-mail: fdc_proj@bih.net.ba

For Banja Luka-Gradiska component of the project

Mr. Igor Jokanovic, B.Civil Eng, M.Sc.
Public Company "Republic of Srpska Roads"
10 Vase Pelagica Street, 78000 Banja Luka
Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: +387 51 309128 Fax: +387 51 308316
e-mail: ijokanovic@rdprs.org

This document was prepared at an early stage of project development, before consideration by the EBRD Board of Directors. Details of a project may change following disclosure.

Where PSDs include copies of documents produced by project sponsors, the EBRD makes them available without any comment or implied endorsement. Any views expressed or statements made in such documents do not necessarily reflect the EBRD’s views or opinions.

Last updated 19 August 2025

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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B&H: REGIONAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Project timeline

Project Description

Transition Impact

The Client

EBRD Finance

Project Cost

Environmental Impact

PSD last updated

Business opportunities

General enquiries

Public Information Policy (PIP)

Purpose of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessments

ESIA Summary

Full ESIA availability

Enquiries