The head of the EKO-Kastelanski zaljev agency's management board, Vladimir Androcec, said that the Kastela Bay project was currently the biggest environmental project in the Mediterranean. The Split-Solin sewage collection system, which cost 55 million euros, is one of the biggest systems in the Adriatic, Androcec said.
The system will rid of waste water the entire Kastela Bay, the eastern part of Split and the town of Solin.
Another three million euros will be spent for an accompanying network to connect Split suburbs to the system, so the total cost of the project will come to 58 million euros, of which almost 40 percent was ensured by the Croatian government, while the rest is a loan of the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and funds ensured by the Croatian Waters company.
World Bank representative Anand Seth said the World Bank considered it a great honour to take part in the preservation of the beautiful Dalmatian coast and that it would also support other projects in Croatia.
The sewage collection system was constructed exclusively by Croatian companies which landed the contract in an international bidding procedure.
Environmental Protection, Zoning and Construction Minister Marina Matulovic Dropulic, who attended the ceremony, told reporters that the owners of facilities without construction permits in Split suburbs would not be able to connect to the sewage system.
PM Sanader this morning opened a rebuilt primary school in Split. He is also scheduled to attend the opening of a renewed Bishops' Palace in Split this evening.