The construction of the 22-kilometer highway from Čevo to Nikšić will take three years, will be carried out in phases as money is secured, and the start of work will be known only after the selection of the contractor. This section is planned to run from Čevo to the Nikšić village of Paprati, and will connect to the Danilovgrad - Nikšić highway near Bogetići.
This, among other things, is stated in the documentation that the Transport Administration submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency, in order to determine whether they need an Environmental Impact Assessment Study for this project.
This highway is planned as a continuation of the Cetinje - Čevo road, which was officially opened in mid-June, with the 23 kilometers being built over five years and costing more than 33,04 million euros. The construction of the entire Cetinje - Nikšić section is expected to cost around 80 million euros, and is being built with the aim of relieving traffic along the coast and towards Podgorica.
The document states that the highway begins at more than 800 meters above sea level (msl) in Čevo and exceeds a thousand meters in altitude at the place Vranačke ljuti, goes above Javorovo do and ends at about 500 msl in Paprati. The route passes through the cadastral plots of Čevo, Ubli, Lastva, Ćurćići, Milojevići, Drenovštica, Bogetići and Stubica.
"The planned route of the Čevo-Nikšić main road does not pass through protected and classified areas (strict nature reserve, national park, special nature reserve, nature park, natural monument, area of exceptional features and areas and areas of historical, cultural or archaeological importance. When it comes to the vegetation and flora of the subject area, the negative impact is greatest on those parts of the route where the vegetation cover will be completely removed. Given that we do not have data on the state of populations of endemic and protected plant taxa, nor precise localities in the subject area, it is almost impossible to assess the magnitude of the negative impact on individual endemic and protected plants," the document states.
It is emphasized that standard pollution associated with construction sites is expected, and that the area is largely uninhabited, and that there may be loss of habitat for plants and animals, deforestation and removal of grass cover, emissions of harmful substances...
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