On December 26, local time, the opening ceremony of the main line project of the North Macedonian Krupist-Kochani expressway undertaken by PowerChina was held. North Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, Minister of Transport and Communications Blagoy Bohvalski, Chargé d'affaires Mao Wenqing of the Chinese Embassy in North Macedonia, Commercial Counselor He Binghua, project owner National Road The general manager of the company, Ejupu Rustmi, attended the ceremony. The project supervision engineer, PowerChina Representative Office in North Macedonia and all staff of the project department attended the ceremony.

At the ceremony, Prime Minister Kovacevski expressed his pleasure to attend the opening ceremony, and expressed his gratitude to PowerChina for its full efforts to ensure the construction of the project and the smooth opening to traffic during the global epidemic and energy crisis. Minister Bochwalski and General Manager Rustmi expressed their congratulations on the project being put into operation.

Krupist to Kochani Expressway Project

It is reported that the Krupist-Kochani expressway project connects the two eastern hub cities of North Macedonia, Stipe and Kochani. The opening of the project has realized the rapid and modernization of inter-city traffic, and improved driving comfort and safety. It has created favorable conditions for the improvement of the living standards of residents in the eastern part of the country and the development of the regional economy. Since the start of construction, the project department of PowerChina has scientifically organized construction, overcome various external unfavorable factors, strictly controlled safety and quality, and successfully achieved the goal of opening the main line to traffic at the end of the year. This project is the second bidding section of the North Macedonia A3 expressway from Stipe to Kochani. The expressway has a total length of 13.65 kilometers, two-way two-lane, and a design speed of 110 kilometers per hour. Editor/He Yuting