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Post by Peter Ellis on Apr 22, 2006 6:27:01 GMT 1
The Porec-Kufci road is still closed while they are completely rebuilding it, which seems also to be eliminating the dip at the bottom. They are just starting to clear the ground for a new roundabout at Kufci, which should make that junction a lot safer.
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Post by Peter Ellis on May 14, 2006 23:21:26 GMT 1
The direct route to Novigrad from the Ypsilon is currently closed while it is being rebuilt. Novigrad drivers need to come off at the previous Buje junction and take the Buje - Novigrad road.
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Post by Peter Ellis on May 29, 2006 20:34:29 GMT 1
The road to Porec from Visnjan is still only passable over very rough ground between Kufci and Porec while they are rebuilding it. Sometimes it is blocked altogether by plant that is working. Anyone coming down the Ypsilon from Trieste wanting Porec is best advised to continue to the next (Baderna) junction and go in on the Pazin road. The Novigrad road from the Ypsilon is also still blocked while they rebuild it. Anyone wanting Lanterna or Tar can reach it by coming off the Ypsilon at Visnjan, then going towards Porec until Nova Vas. Turn right at Nova Vas and cut across through Gedici to Tar. Our new office at Visnjan, which is right beside the Ypsilon junction, has a large sign on saying 'Tourist Information' and as the tourist office at the other end of the building has still not opened, we get hoards of visitors coming in asking for directions.
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Post by Peter Ellis on Jun 15, 2006 12:45:08 GMT 1
The road from Visnjan to Porec opened last night. You can now get to Porec easily if you come off the Ypsilon at the Visnjan turnoff. Our new offices are right beside the junction in the stone building with blue shutters. The weather is gorgeous at the moment, hot and sunny.
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Post by Peter Ellis on Jan 7, 2008 18:02:56 GMT 1
We are anticipating the start of the Ypsilon being made into a dual carriageway and thus a proper motorway. Rumour has it that this will start in February. Whether it will include the Myrna Bridge I don't know, as that would be particularly expensive. The existing overbridges were constructed with road widening in mind, so they should not be a problem.
Happy New Year to one and all!
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Post by Julijana Zappia on Jan 8, 2008 17:12:38 GMT 1
Happy New Year to you Peter and the team,
Interesting. Presumably if they are starting in February this will mean disruption on the 'motorway' during the busy summer months?
Would appreciate if you could keep all informed of progress and any road closures etc.
Many thanks.
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Post by Peter Ellis on Jan 10, 2008 18:15:47 GMT 1
Hi Julijana
Happy New Year to you, too.
It wouldn't surprise me. They always seem to start these things too late, so that they are inevitably still finishing them when the season starts. Last year it was the big roundabout to the north of Porec and the internal roadworks in Porec itself that they didn't start in the autumn and left until the spring, resulting in traffic problems continuing until August. I know they need warm weather for asphalting, so that it bonds properly, but the preliminary work could have been started much earlier. I assume the financing approvals are out of synchronisation with the civil engineering necessities!
Cheers
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