After the rainy period passes and the asphalt base is back in operation, the local "Roads" will install speed bumps - "speed bumps" on Kozaračka Street in Podgorica.
This was officially confirmed to "Vijesti" yesterday by the director of that company. Rados Zecevic.
At the beginning of the week, the fears of the residents of that street came true, after a 23-year-old driver, due to inappropriate speed, broke through a fence and ended up in the yard of one of the locals.
Predrag Martinović, who suffered material damage for the second time due to negligent drivers, claimed that the Secretariat for Transport told him that they had issued a decision to "Putevi" to place "speed bumps" in that part of the capital, but that this had not yet been implemented.
Zečević confirmed this to the editorial staff, adding that "bad weather conditions are the main reason why a 'speed bump' was not placed on that street."
"Yes, it is true that we received an order from the Capital City's Traffic Secretariat to install speed bumps on Kozaračka Street. We did not do this due to bad weather conditions, and our asphalt base was not operational. As soon as weather conditions allow, we will solve this problem. We promise to react quickly," said Zečević.
"Vijesti" has previously written on several occasions that reckless drivers on Kozaračka Street are critical, especially during the evening and early morning hours. Residents, including Martinović, appealed to the city authorities that the street had become a racetrack after its reconstruction.
Martinović told "Vijesti" that before the renovation, Kozaračka Street had several speeding police officers.
"For the second time in just a few months, due to a rather dangerous curve nearby, another reckless driver 'crashed', 'blow up' a 20-year-old linden tree, hit a reinforced concrete fence and ended up in the yard of our house. There used to be 'speed bumps' here. When we saw after the reconstruction that they wouldn't put them up, we appealed to the Capital City, and they turned a deaf ear," said Martinović, adding that this was "another extremely stressful situation for the family and neighbors."
The Capital City told the editorial staff last year that "speed bumps" were not foreseen in the project documentation after the reconstruction of that street. They also stated at the time that Kozaračka Street was "not among the priority locations for installing speed bumps."
"The Secretariat for Traffic, considering the current Decision on Traffic Regulation in the Capital Territory, which clearly states the method of installing speed bumps, has determined that there are no schools, kindergartens or health institutions in the immediate vicinity (on the aforementioned street), which, among other things, determines the priority locations for installing speed bumps," they said.
The Capital City's Traffic Secretariat previously confirmed that the installation of new speed bumps was not foreseen in the project documentation for the reconstruction of Kozaračka Street.
"If our expert team, after addressing them, determines that there are conditions for the installation of these technical devices, after issuing a decision to the 'Putevi' company, the speed bumps can be installed at the location and under the technical conditions determined by this Secretariat," the Secretariat said earlier.
The reconstruction of Kozaračka Street began in December 2024, and the works on one of the busiest roads in the city were completed last June 11. The value of the works was around 940.000 euros. Neither. S.
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