The company "Jugopetrol" will not have to conduct an environmental impact assessment study for the project to build a gas station in Gornji Mrke, that is, on the right side of the Smokovac-Mateševo highway.
This is stated in the decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency at the end of April.
"Jugopetrol" was selected in the "Monteput" tender in the middle of last year to build a gas station and related services on 6,67 thousand square meters on the right side of this route. The private company received a 25-year lease of the land at a minimum annual price of 66.760 euros, with a fee of one cent per liter of fuel sold at this gas station.
According to the documentation, traffic surfaces and hydraulic installations have already been built in this area.
"The urban and technical conditions for the gas station provide for an entrance and exit lane, nine filling stations, seven for passenger cars and two for freight vehicles, parking for 40 passenger cars, 16 freight cars and four buses. At the exit there will be an information and tourist point of at least 30 square meters, special services for repairing passenger cars, freight cars and buses, as well as a towing service. There will be a spare parts and equipment store for the most common car brands of at least 100 square meters, an indoor cafe with a terrace and accommodation for the restaurant and gas station staff...", it is written on the Agency's website.
There are no known sensitive plant and animal species at this location that could be affected by the project, it said. It is noted that construction activities, machinery and construction will negatively impact birds, which are most sensitive to noise, and reptiles, which are sensitive to vibrations.
In September 2023, Monteput issued separate tenders for two gas stations at this location, the one on the left and the one on the right, but no bids were received. A new tender was then issued at the end of December of that year, while for the gas station on the right, the deadline for submitting bids was extended in February 2024, first until the end of April and then until mid-May. Monteput then announced at the end of June last year that only one bid had been received for the lease of the gas station on the right, so the job went to Jugopetrol.
“Jugopetrol” was selected as the tenant and for the gas station on the left side of the highway in early May.
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