Corridor X Serbia

Corridor X, a key Pan-European arterial route running north-south, passes through Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece, and is the backbone of the extension of the TEN-T Network in the Western Balkans.

The investments on Corridor X in Serbia aimed at closing the main missing link on the route from Belgrade to Thessaloniki and Sofia:

• A 98 km-long section on E80 between Nis and the Serbian border with Bulgaria at Dimitrovgrad (Corridor Xc);
• A 75 km-long section on E75 between Grabovnica and Levosoje towards the border with North Macedonia.

WBIF has provided a €4.5 million grant for project management activities and special studies. This included €3 million with EIB as Lead IFI for geotechnical and structural expertise, detailed design, quantity surveying and traffic management systems, and €1.5 million with EBRD as Lead IFI. Technical assistance was also coordinated with the World Bank as one of the co-financiers.