Quality Control on ERW Risk Reduction Project for Construction of “New Sava Bridge – Underwater Area”

On 02 August 2024, as a follow up activity of the ERW Risk Reduction Project for Construction of New Sava Bridge – Underwater Area, No. 0260/21 and in accordance with the Changes and Amendments to this Project, the SMAC carried out the final quality control (Part 2, Phase 1 of the Project).

In the period from July 15 to August 2, 2024, contractor Millennium Team ltd. together with subcontractors DOK International ltd. and Big Blue Montenegro ltd., through a visual search by divers – deminers, in the underwater area below the Sava Bridge, examined the possible presence of ERW on 97 anomalies, i.e. magnetic objects.

Quality control confirmed that there were no missed anomalies that indicate a critical error defined by the Project.

Of the anomalies mentioned, one 90 mm artillery shell and an armour piercing were confirmed as explosive devices, which were safely removed by members of the Sector for Emergency Management.

As a reminder, the purpose of the river bed survey was to assess whether the project area is safe for further use and without an established risk of ERW, and that it can be handed over for the construction of the New Sava bridge and further infrastructure development.