Conference about the project of the Revitalization of the Navigational Infrastructure of the Begej Canal, funded through the Romania-Serbia Interreg – IPA program, was held in the Ceremonial Hall of the County Council in Timisoara, on November 22, 2018. This strategic project worth around 14 million euros of which amounts to 12 million euros from EU IPA funds, is implemented in cooperation with the Timis County Council and the Administration of the Banat River Basin from the Romanian side, and the Provincial Secretariat for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and the Public Water Management Enterprise Vode Vojvodine from the Serbian side.
Media representatives and participants were addressed by the President of the Timis County Council Kalin Dobra, Deputy Prefect of the Timis County Kristijan Francesku, Director of the the Administration of the Banat River Basin Titu Bozin, Assistant Secretary at the Provincial Secretariat Nebojsa Drakulic, Assistant Director of Public Water Management Enterprise Vode Vojvodine Stevan Ilincic and Consul General Vladan Tadic
Works on the territory of Serbia include the revitalisation of the Begej canal getting from the border with Romania to the Hydrotechnical objects in Klek in the length of 32.26 kilometers, rehabilitation of hydraulic facilities in Klek and Serbian Itebeј, construction of a cycling route from the border with Romania to the Klek terminal, construction of floating dock for mooring of a floating object as well as the purchase of a hopper dredger.
The time for the realization of the project is 48 months and it is expected to be completed by autumn 2021.