The Developement of Motorway network in Croatia

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The Developement of Motorway network in Croatia
Goran Puž, PhD, civ.eng.
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The Developement of Motorway network in Croatia
1. Background 2. History 3. Strategy 4.
Design 5. Construction 6. Structures 7.
Financing 8. Impacts (sustainability) 9.
Future
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1. Background
Pannonian lowlands
eastern edges of the Alps
Basic facts - Croatian mainland covers 56,542
km2 - population 4,4 mil. inhabitants. -
independent state since 1991.
Danube
Dinara mountain range
Adriatic Sea

• three large geographic regions in Croatia have
  different geomorphological and climatic
  characteristics

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Geotraffic position of Croatia in European inland
and maritime traffic routes
1. Background
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2. History
First motorways 1970
Initially accent on longitudinal axes
neglected transversal axes maritime orientation
Until 1991 357 km of motorways and
semi-motorways
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2. History
Motorway network the biggest engineering
venture in Croatia since its independence
- 1991 to 1998 very few construction projects -
intensive production of studies and design
documents - project start 1998 - 2001 -
accelerated construction from 2001 to 2009
more than 700 km of new motorways
average 80 km per year
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3. Strategy
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS Zoning Strategy
of the Republic of Croatia Traffic Development
Strategy of the Republic of Croatia, 1999 1500
km of motorways

• goals
• accessibility,
• capacity

• connection of the entire national territory
• economic growth
• transit traffic
• connection to the European traffic network

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4. Design
The perception of space as a basic national
resource is rapidly gaining momentum, and so the
care about interaction between developed space
and its surroundings is becoming increasingly
important in the design work.
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4. Design

• Protection criteria
• - Avoiding valuable construction,
• agricultural or forest land
• - Keeping safe water protection areas
• - Not affecting the urban environment
• Avoiding protected natural
• preserves or cultural
• historical sights

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4. Design Full scale motorway
Design speed120 km/h 100 km/h - mountains
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4. DesignService stations
Rest areas 124 every 20 km Rest areas with
filling station 75 every 31 km Caffe bars 90
every 28 km Restaurants 17 - every 138
km Hotels 7
Maintenance and Trafic Control Centres 23
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4. Design
Brinje 2007.
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European Tunnel Assessment Programme Euro TAP