The Ministry of Public Works has received two bids for the design of the conceptual and main project for the Velje Brdo boulevard and its accompanying infrastructure in Podgorica. The public opening of bids took place on July 11, 2025, and the evaluation process is currently underway by the Public Procurement Commission.
According to the Ministry, a decision on the most favorable bid will be made by early September, in line with procurement law, which allows up to 60 days from the bid opening for the decision. The names of the bidders remain confidential during evaluation.
The contract period is set at 80 days from signing. Within this timeframe, the contractor must deliver the conceptual design within 20 days of receiving all necessary documentation, and the main project within 60 days after conceptual design approval.
The planned boulevard will be 30 meters wide, featuring four traffic lanes extending from the intersection of the Podgorica-Spuž road and Boško Buha Street at Vranjske Njive, across cadastral parcels on the eastern slopes of Velje Brdo up to its peak. The total length is projected at 5.3 kilometers, with accompanying water, sewage, and electrical networks designed to support 5,000 housing units in the first phase of the future settlement. The project cost has not been disclosed.
Documentation reveals that no valid urban planning documents currently exist for Velje Brdo; plans (PUP and GUR) are still in development. Public utilities and municipal services have highlighted several technical challenges, including geological surveys, relocation of international power lines crossing Velje Brdo, and defining a sewage route to a new treatment facility near the Aluminum Plant, as the boulevard and new settlement cannot connect to the existing city network without resolving these issues.
The procurement was issued based on a project assignment dated June 6, 2025, and an urban-technical conditions decision from May 14, 2025, which fulfilled legal requirements for tender issuance.
The estimated cost for the conceptual and main design project is €75,000 (excluding VAT). Meanwhile, a separate tender is underway for the revision of the main project, valued at €20,000.
Minister of Spatial Planning, Urbanism, and State Property, Slaven Radunović, confirmed that construction of the boulevard toward the Velje Brdo settlement will definitely begin by the end of the year, despite previous skepticism.
“We must break ground, and this project is starting, even though many did not believe in it,” Radunović stated.
