Parallel Roads to Connect Villages to the Kičevo–Ohrid Motorway

Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikollovski announced that a solution has been secured to provide all villages with connections and access to the new Kičevo–Ohrid motorway.

He explained that the initial project had not envisaged interchanges, roads or access lanes for the surrounding settlements. For this reason, a project has been drafted to build parallel roads, while approval from the UNESCO commission has also been obtained for the works.

The project includes the construction of parallel roads and access lanes with a total length of 18 kilometres. This infrastructure is expected to give villages on both sides of the motorway access to it, preventing them from being cut off from Struga, Ohrid and Kičevo.

“We were at the entrance to the village of Mesheisht, and when the project for the Kičevo–Ohrid motorway was designed, neither roads nor access lanes nor interchanges, or anything similar, had been envisaged. As a result, most of the villages on the right and left sides of the motorway were to be cut off from Ohrid, Struga, Kičevo and Skopje. We corrected this and designed parallel roads stretching 18 kilometres along the lower section of the motorway. We also had to seek approval from the UNESCO commission, and over the past six months we worked with them and received their approval. You can now see that work is under way on access to Mesheisht, and where the work ends, the municipality will continue it. This means connectivity not only for Struga, but also for the villages that fall under the Municipality of Struga,” said Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikollovski.