Bechtel, Enka Partner to Build ‘5G Motorway’ in Serbia

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From right to left: Michael Wilkinson, Bechtel Infrastructure general manager for Europe; Mehmet Tara, Enka president and chairman and Zorana Mihajlovic, Serbia’s Minister of Construction (Bechtel).

A joint venture between Bechtel and Enka has won a contract tendered by the government of Serbia for a 112-kilometer motorway.

The dual carriageway will link the central Serbian towns of Pojate and Preljina, and will connect to the north-south motorway running between Hungary and North Macedonia. It will also link with trans-European corridors X and XI, which connect Austria with Greece and Italy with Romania.

Bechtel describes the development as “5G ready,” since a telecom corridor will be dug underneath the side of the road to allow for future 5G fiber and tower installations.

The Bechtel and Enka team will also build a flood defense system to protect the motorway and surrounding areas from water and erosion.

The road will cover mountainous terrain, which will require the building of up to 78 bridges up to 600 meters long. The project is expected to create around 10,000 construction jobs.

Construction of the motorway is due to begin in 2020 and is expected to take four years to complete.

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