"Belgrade – Sabac, a mere 40-minute drive"

He also visited the construction site on the second section of the Ruma-Sabac highway and the Sabac-Loznica two-lane highway.

Addressing the contractors, Mr. Vucic asked them to complete Ruma-Sabac by the end of September 2023, and Sabac-Loznica by the end of October 2024.
"We have good cooperation with the relevant ministry and the city government, the progress is better than planned and we expect to finish at least six months before the deadline," the report was given to Mr. Vucic by a construction company representative.
The President was given a promise from the contractors that the highway from Ruma to Sabac will be completed by the end of September or the beginning of October 2023, and the two-lane highway from Sabac to Loznica by the end of October 2024.
"We have problems in some other sections, which need to be solved by 2024," Vucic said. "I know Azvirt can do it," he added.
The bridge is 1350 meters long, and the central structure is 605 meters.
"This project is completely financed from the budgetary sources, we did not take any loans, everything that Sabac and Ruma will get, and not only them but also Belgrade and Loznica," the President of Serbia pointed out. "We paid 40 million here, 31 percent of the total for this section with the bridge," he said. This will make it much easier for many people to get to the Drina, and also to go to many other parts of the country, he added.
"We didn't scrutinize the construction deadline since the contractors always try to get a year or two of breathing space. But I think they are fair, Azvirt is a great company." He said that they agreed to cut the deadlines by fifteen months. "We will save lives of people who live and travel in this area and traffic jams in Hrtkovci,...