It often happens in the midst of a tourist season that parking becomes a big issue in Kopaonik, especially if one wants to park somewhere in the center. Parking spaces are often buried under snow, and areas in front of hotels are crowded.
The most renowned Serbian skiing center currently has 12 garages and a total of 1,200 parking spaces.
This will change in the new skiing season as the Ski Resorts of Serbia are planning to build a garage with a minimum of 200 parking spaces and the Army Center in Kopaonik. Aside from the garage, the Ski Resorts are planning to raise a heliport within the project as well.
The preparation of the technical documentation (preliminary design in three variants; preliminary project with a feasibility study and proposal of charging system; main project; construction project; as-built documentation), as well as the construction of the garage and the heliport at the Kopaonik Ski Center, have been put in charge of the consortium of
M Enterijer Gradnja from Belgrade, Masinoprojekt Kopring Belgrade,
Jadran Belgrade and
Neo Aerodromes Engineering.
The decision on awarding the contract was reached in late April, and the possession of site is expected to take place soon.
The exact date of the beginning of the construction, as the Ski Resorts say, is not yet known, but is expected to take place before the summer begins, so that the garage would be operational by the skiing season. The value of the investment is RSD 387 million, including the VAT (around EUR 3.1 million), and the project is financed from the funds of the Ski Resorts of Serbia and the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications.
The location of the Army Center has been selected as it complies with the minimal technical requirements for developing, marking and maintaining a skiing area, since the regulations say that the parking lot needs to be placed in close proximity to the entrance to the skiing area (up to 500 m), our interviewees explain.