The Bar - Boljare highway, approximately 169 km long, will cross the entire country and connect it, from the Adriatic coast, through Podgorica to Serbia, and onwards, via highway Pozega - Belgrade, to TEN-T Corridor X, Romania, and Central Europe. It will link the ports on the Adriatic Sea to those on the Danube (Corridor VII and Corridor X) too. Moreover, this will be the shortest connection from Hungary and Romania through Serbia and Montenegro to southern Italy and Albania.
The construction of the highway is planned under the Spatial Plan of Montenegro by 2020, and it will be developed in four phases:
The WBIF finances the preparation of the preliminary design and ESIA for the section Matesevo - Andrijevica, approximately 21 km long (12.43% of the total length of the highway Bar-Boljare), which extends across the mountainous part of Montenegro, between Matesevo (at an altitude of 1,200 m) and Andrijevica (at an altitude of 730 m).
The estimated period for the construction of the section Matesevo - Andrijevica in full profile (2x2) is three years and it will start once the preparatory stage is completed.
Start of the WBIF Technical Assistance for Bar – Boljare Highway Phase II
| WBIF | Grant | WB17-MNE-TRA-02 | € 3,115,500 |
| EBRD | Loan | € 123,000,000 | |
| Other Sources | Other Sources | € 287,000,000 | |
| Other Sources | External Grant | € 12,300,000 | |
| Total | € 425,415,500 | ||
| Total Grants | € 3,115,500 | ||
| Total Loans | € 123,000,000 | ||
