Montenegro's highway a road to success

Project uses loans, expertise under Belt and Road Initiative

PODGORICA, Montenegro - When news broke that construction of Montenegro's first highway would begin near his house, Vukasin Petrovic, a villager in Jelin Dub, about 14 kilometers north of the capital Podgorica, was so excited that he joked he would jump off a planned bridge.

The dream of safe and fast travels was too distant to realize in this small and underdeveloped corner of the Balkans, until impressive piers, some as high as 160 meters, emerged on the horizon.