The last section of the highway has been approved.

The company "Monteput" has received environmental approval for the construction of a 49-kilometer-long section of the Andrijevica - Berane - Boljare highway, while ten tunnels and 25 bridges are planned on this route, with a maximum speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given the green light to the Environmental Impact Assessment Study for this project. The document was initially published in late June, but was soon withdrawn from the Agency's website.

During construction, the demolition of houses and the expropriation of private land are planned, a few small cemeteries will be endangered, while the greatest negative impact will be from the Crnča to Boljare interchange, where the route passes through the mountains, because there are no crossings for wild animals.

"Monteput" submitted the document for consideration in November last year, while it selected Podgorica-based companies "CDS project", "Via project" and "Geotin MNE" to prepare the preliminary design and other documentation for this section. The contract with them, worth 4,42 million euros, was signed in February 2025.

The Study points out that 12 "Natura 2000" habitats have been registered on the planned route and half a kilometer from it, but that they are not rare, so the construction will not have much of an impact on the overall reduction of such areas in Montenegro. It is stated that a greater impact is expected from the construction on Pešter because solar and wind power plants are already planned there, that there are no known caves on the section, and that parts of the municipalities of Andrijevica, Berane and Bijelo Polje through which the highway passes belong to the protection zone of the Biogradska gora National Park and the scope of the Special Purpose Spatial Plan Bjelasica and Komovi.

It is added that there are no protected objects or cultural and historical heritage assets in this area, but that the construction could affect the habitats of otters, cave creatures, brown bears, young animals, birds...

It says that the construction could also affect the Bijelo Polje village of Šipovica, or rather the numerous springs there that form the wetlands of the Ljubivoda stream, as well as the Koritska River and Sušica in Donji Koriti.

The demolition of 35 buildings was also planned for the second section of the highway from Mateševo ​​to Andrijevica, but the route from Trešnjevik to the Andrijevica interchange was changed after objections from residents of the surrounding villages - so only one building had to be demolished.