On Monday, the trucks of the construction company Carinvest from Kotor deposited a large amount of scraped old asphalt on the plateau next to the Austro-Hungarian fortress of Goražda near the village of Mirac in Boka Kotorska.
The locals sent the journalists photos and a video made from a drone showing Carinvest dump trucks unloading large amounts of scraped asphalt on the plateau on the southeast side of the 19th-century fortress, which is a protected cultural asset.
According to what could be seen on the spot today, about 15 truckloads of old asphalt are currently deposited here, that is, a total of several hundred tons of this material.
Dissatisfied citizens who addressed the media believe that it is an unacceptable action of the Carinvest company towards the cultural and historical heritage and the natural environment, and call on the competent inspection bodies to act urgently and prevent further devastation of the area.
The inspection service of the Municipality of Kotor, following a citizen's report, went to the scene near the Goražda fortress today.
The municipal inspector stated that between 150 and 200 cubic meters of scraped old asphalt had been deposited at that location and determined that the material was deposited by the Carinvest company from Kotor.
As announced, the Municipal Inspection will sanction the responsible person in the Carinvest company who was ordered to remove the deposited material within seven days.
The Carinvest company is owned by the former mayor of Budva and high-ranking official of the New Serbian Democracy, the well-known Budva businessman Marko Bato Carević.
He confirmed to "Viiestima" that the company's trucks unloaded scraped asphalt near Goražda, stressing that this is only a temporary situation and that the complete material will be removed from the vicinity of the Austro-Hungarian fortress in "10 days at the latest".
"Our company is engaged in the rehabilitation of several roads in the area of Kotor, one of which is the road to Mirac. On those roads, the wearing layer of asphalt is being changed, which means that the existing layer must be scraped off before the new asphalt is laid. the scraped material is temporarily deposited at the most suitable nearest location, before it is taken away and recycled, i.e. reused for other purposes. The same will be the case with the material that we temporarily deposited near Goražda, because it was the most convenient and closest free location compared to the place where works are currently being carried out on the part of the road infrastructure towards Mirac and from where that material was brought," said Carevic.
He pointed out that it is a "usual technological procedure" for this type of work and that scraped old asphalt is a very sought-after material that is used for making the foundations of new roads or for filling rural macadam roads.
"Be sure that all the material that is now temporarily deposited at Goražda will be removed and reused in the next days and that nothing major will remain there. It will all be removed in 10 days at the latest," said Carević, adding that "the only the reason why there is so much attention about this in part of the public is the fact that it is about my trucks and my company".
"If it was someone else, I don't believe there would be so much media attention, but good," Carević concluded.
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