<<A pre-feasibility study is in preparation, aiming at identifying all available transport options to link the Dubrovnik region with the rest of Croatia, taking into account financial, socioeconomic and environmental criteria to compare the different options.

The Croatian authorities are in charge of the contract of this pre-feasibility study, in consultation with authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Commission. Depending on the result of the study, further project documentation such as design, full feasibility study, cost-benefit analysis, environmental impact assessment and other documents will be prepared for the preferred option. Only later will the Croatian authorities decide whether to co-finance the chosen project under the European Structural and Investment Funds, in which case a major project application will need to be prepared and submitted to the Commission.

The Commission is closely following the preparation of the study.>>