Enka Insaat ve Sanayi : Kosovo Motorway Opened Additional 10 km of the highway to Kosovo citizens’ use on 14 June 2018

Kosovo Motorway Project Team has opened an additional 10 km length of the highway to Kosovo citizens' use on 14 June 2018. Together with this new segment, the total length of the highway that is opened to public reached to 47 km!

Kosovo Motorway Project, 65 km dual carriageway motorway, is a part of the Southeast Europe Core Road Network in which it is referred to as Route 6. The project is linking Kosovo's capital city Pristina to Hani i Elezit on Macedonian border. Upon its completion, the motorway is expected to have significant strategic and economic benefits; accordingly, Kosovo will be connected to Skopje and will have access to Corridor 10, facilitating its trade with the rest of the world. Furthermore; the economic benefits will not be limited to Kosovo. The motorway is part of a European network of roads and is expected to contribute to economic integration throughout the region.

ENKA Bechtel JV (BEJV) has been awarded Design and Construction of Route 6 Pristine Hani i Elezit Motorway Project in July 2014. The Project consists of the construction of a 4 lane Motorway from the south of Prishtina (Kosovo's Capital City) to Hani i Elezit (on the Kosovo and Macedonia border). The 65 km Motorway will serve as the centerpiece of Kosovo's national transport system; it will pass through both government and private land and is scheduled to be completed by December 2018.

The project scope includes 13 bridges (7,920 m), 20 overpasses, 19 underpasses, 237 box and pipe culverts, 19 million m3 excavation, 10 million m3 earth and rock fill, 550K m3 concrete, 740K m3 subbase & CTB, 600K ton asphalt and 165 km guardrail.

Together with 10 km segment which was opened on 14 June 2018; totally 47 km has been served to Kosovo citizens' use.

As of end of May 2018, 87% of construction works, including 9 bridges with a total length of 1567 m, 18 overpasses, 17 underpasses, 221 box and pipe culverts, 17.3 million m3 excavation, 8.9 million m3 fill, 373K m3 concrete, 626K m3 subbase & CTB, 468K ton asphalt and 136km guardrail have been completed. Over 20 million man-hours have been worked. A total number of 3,151 personnel have been employed at peak, which included 14 different country citizens such as Kosovo, Turkey, Albania, Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, USA, UK, etc. in which Kosovo citizens have a weight of 83%.

ENKA's focus together with Bechtel for the future is to complete the works on time with maximum satisfaction of the Government of Kosovo without compromising safety and quality.