72 kilometers of sewage network in the territory of Svilajnac

On the occasion of the implementation of the “Clean Serbia” project, a meeting of the municipal management with partners from the Chinese company CRBC and the Republic of Serbia was held in the municipality of Svilajnac. The “Clean Serbia” project includes the construction of about 72 kilometers of sewage network on the territory of the municipality of Svilajnac.

The contract for the first phase of works within this national ecological project was signed in May of this year, and it foresees the construction of a sewage network in the villages of Kušiljevo, Troponje, Subotica and Sedlare. The value of the works is around 30 million euros.

“So far, we have done major preparatory work, and we have agreed with the contractors that all the teams will be on the field by November 15. Sewerage in all four villages will be done simultaneously. This project will improve the quality of life of people, but also the protection of the environment,” said the president of Svilajnac Predrag Milanović and added that this is the biggest project in the field of infrastructure in the history of Svilajnac.

One also announced the second phase of this project, which would include the villages of Grabovac, Crkvenac, Dublje, part of Svilajnec and the construction of a wastewater treatment plant. When the entire project is finished, about 70 percent of the citizens of the municipality of Svilajnac will have regulated sewage.

Sewage network in the Municipality of Svilajnac for 70% of the population

In the Municipality of Svilajnac, as part of the “Clean Serbia” Project, the construction of more than 100 km of sewage network is planned through two phases of works.


The Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesic, signed a Contract with the Chinese company China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and the President of the Municipality of Svilajnac, Predrag Milanovic, on the first phase of the construction of municipal infrastructure in this municipality.
Signing the contract, the president of the municipality of Svilajnac, Predrag Milanovic, emphasized that within the first phase of the works, a sewage network will be built in Kusiljevo, Sedlar, Subotica and Troponje. Milanovic says that two phases of work are expected in Svilajnac.
“In this first phase, almost 72 km of sewage network will be built in these four villages, and the value of the works is about 30 million Euros. By the end of the year, the Annex will be signed for the second phase, as the Minister Vesic announced, which is worth about 40 million Euros, which makes this the biggest infrastructurual project in the history of the Municipality of Svilajnac,”  Milanovic said.
As part of the “Clean Serbia” Project, the construction of a wastewater treatment plant is also planned. “Svilajnac is one of the municipalities that will receive the most kilometers of newly built sewerage network when both phases are completed,”  Goran Vesic said at the signing of the contract.
As the President of the Municipality MIlanović pointed out, with the implementation of the “Clean Serbia” Project, more than 70% of the population of this Municipality will receive a sewage network.