Design a route that does not endanger Pocitelj and Blagaj

BiH Commission to preserve national monuments repeated today the opinion that the authorities should design the route of the corridor 5-C through Herzegovina which will not have negative impact on cultural and historical heritage on that area especially on Pocitelj and Blagaj.

The Commission Chair Amra Hadzimuhamedovic reminded today that this Commission has also earlier warned that the mentioned route on the corridor 5-C envisaged by the concept design significantly endangers cultural and historical heritage and that it should be reexamined.

She explained that, besides Pocitelj and Blagaj as two extremely valuable monuments, larger number of national monuments in BiH as well as 46 archaeological localities would be endangered with the envisaged route.

Hazimuhamedovic said that for the new route, that is the object of dispute at the FBiH Government, it can not be said with certainty that it does not have negative impact on cultural and historical heritage on that area, but it can be said that “in any case it has less negative impact”.

(Fena)