Again given to the Municipality for use

The local administration of Tivat recently turned to the Ministry of Defense with a request for the temporary transfer of Opatov, which used to be a separate facility of the former Tivat military shipyard Arsenal, where artillery weapons were overhauled and various military equipment was produced.

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Entrance to the Opatovo military facility in Tivat, Photo: Siniša Luković
Entrance to the Opatovo military facility in Tivat, Photo: Siniša Luković
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The Government of Montenegro made a decision that the state temporarily cedes to the Municipality of Tivat for use the former military facility "Opatovo" in the settlement of the same name on the coast of the Tivat Bay.

The local administration of Tivat recently turned to the Ministry of Defense with a request for the temporary transfer of Opatovo, which used to be a separate facility of the former Tivat military shipyard Arsenal, where artillery weapons were overhauled and various military equipment was produced. After the closing of the Arsenal in 2007, Opatovo was used as one of the military warehouses of the Croatian Army, but it has not been used for that purpose for several years.

The municipalities requested that Opatovo be given over to them for the temporary accommodation of the Protection and Rescue Service, which will soon have to leave the premises of the former hotel "Tivat".

Hotel "Tivat" will soon be demolished by its new owners, who bought it from HTP "Primorje", and build a luxury hotel-residential complex on that site. That's why the municipality asked the Ministry of Defense to temporarily hand over the military facility, which was officially declared unpromising for the Army. The Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare, which is responsible for the disposal of state assets, agreed with this.

Ten days ago, the Government formally gave the green light for the transfer of "Opatov" to the people of Tiv, accepting that this area, which consists of three cadastral parcels with a surface area of ​​93.130 square meters, will be used by the Municipality, and on which there are several buildings and underground tunnels in which formerly stored ammunition and other means of military equipment. The Government's decision states that the "Opatovo" complex is handed over to the local administration "for temporary use for the accommodation of the Protection Service of the Municipality of Tivat, until the construction of the new Fire Station, and at the latest until the purpose of the "Opatovo" location is determined in accordance with the valid planning document."

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