An annex to the construction contract for Zezelj Bridge in Novi Sad was signed in Belgrade on Tuesday.
The annex, signed by officials of Serbian Railways, the Province of vojvodina and Spanish-Italian consortium Azvi-Taddei-Hort Coslada, provides another EUR 3 million and a 17-month deadline for the completion of the bridge.
The total cost of the construction is now around EUR 49 million.
The original deadline for completion was November 2013, but the work was paused because the contractor wanted more funds to clear the debris of the old bridge from the bottom of the Danube.
The initial cost of the construction was projected at EUR 45.3 million, the the EU Delegation to Serbia supplying EUR 26.2 million and the local provincial and city authorities providing EUR 19.1 million.
The old bridge was destroyed during the NATO bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999.
The new bridge will be 474 m long and 31 m wide. It will have two sets of railway tracks, two lanes and two pedestrian bicycle lanes.
Source; B92
