The repairing of navigation infrastructure on bega Canal

We are happy to take part in a project with such a great impact on the entire Western region!

The Expert Consulting team is responsible for the implementation of the project “Rehabilitation of the infrastructure of the Bega Waterway” which has a value of 13.877.987 euros (VAT included) of which 85% is EU funding, amount allocated to Romênia e Sérvia, através do programa IPA. 

Os parceiros deste projeto possuem:

• Administração da bacia do rio Banat
• Conselho do Condado de Timis (Sérvia) Barcaças
• Provincial Secretariat for Interregional Cooperation (Serbia)
• VDP Vode Vojvodine (Serbia)

Objectives that will be achieved by the Romanian side are: 

• Restoration of Sinmihaiu Roman hydrotechnical node;
• Acquisition multifunctional dredge
• Acquisition – two barges
• sinalização de canal navegável; Nós;
• Feasibility study for the construction of the border crossing point (CJ Timis)

The objectives of the Serbian side are:

• Repairs of Srpski Itebel and Klek hydrotechnical nodes;
• Compra de draga; Canal
• Construction of the Zrenjanin bicycle track – border connection with the Romanian track;
• Feasibility study for the achievement of the border crossing point.

Information about the Bega Channel

O canal navegável Bega, criado há quase 250 anos, é, do ponto de vista hidrotecnical, uma construção com arranjos técnicos especiais e um importante significado histórico. O Timisoara - Klek Waterway tem um comprimento total de 114,50 km, dos quais 44,5 km em território romeno e 70 km no território sérvio.                                                                                              

On the territory of the Republic of Serbia, the navigable sector of the Bega Channel connects with the Danube – Tisza – Danube hydro-amelioration and navigation system. The Bega Canal is one of the significant waterways for Zrenjanin, Zitiste and Timisoara; its relaunch in terms of navigation would mean connecting Banat, both to the Black Sea and the North Sea and the North Sea, the existing system of canals in Serbia DTD (Danube – Tisza – Danube) and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal.

By repairing the Sanmihaiu Roman, Klek and Srpski Itebej hydrotechnical nodes, making the bicycle route on the Serbian sector and connecting it to the Romanian bicycle route, a connection is made between Timisoara and Zrenjanin along the Bega Canal and, thus, wider opportunities for trade and economic cooperation will emerge. It will also result in the motivation, creation and development of appropriate transport links on both sides of the border, as well as the promotion of good neighborliness and cooperation between Romania and Serbia.

Currently, the activities are well underway, and in August 2021 Bega will become navigable. Following the implementation of the project, in the place where Bega leaves the country, a new border crossing point with Serbia will be set up. The steps have already been taken, and the infrastructure will be functional when navigation is resumed and thus, through the canal system in Serbia, Timisoara will be connected again to the Danube and then to the North Sea.