WATERWAY PAG – KOŠLJUN
Project Framework and Facts
The four basic pillars of the project
• The town of Pag is set as a maritime and nautical
center and reposition it on the world tourism market in an
attractive year-round destination
• The town of Pag is acquired unmatched competitive advantage
in relation to all other destinations - for a navigable channel and also
the distribution channel that leads directly to new visitors to the city
• The innovative design approach - which allows coverage of the costs of
investments from the very beginning of its implementation,
which ensures the success of the project already under construction
• Preserving the environment during construction - a
strategic prerequisite of success of the project, whereas use the
channel has no negative environmental impacts
Waterway canal Pag – Košljun - yesterday...
• Waterway channel of Pag - Kosljun drawn back in 1987. and again in
2003., the Regional Plan of the City of Pag
• The idea originally comes from the architect
Dinko Milas, former director of the Urbanistic Institute of Croatia
• Milas once said: "It is a natural extension of functional and
natural slope that gently lies on south bay of Pag,
which literally requires connection to open sea."
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Pag’s canal as it once was
It was built in the 1950s and has been in operation sometime untill 1965. The old
channel was used to transport salt which was produced on the fields of salt untill
the magaines for salt storage on the sothern part od city of Pag
. visible .. access part of the old navigable canal bordered by small concrete dams
until storage magazines_ _.
.... Waterway canal Pag – Košljun – nowdays
• In the landscape of Pag it is evident that the channel in most of it’s
parts does not exists, that is out of function and that it lacks an exit
to the open sea
• A large area of the bay of Pag, which are connected to a
water area of the existing canals and
abandoned salt fields cluster (usually owned by the town of Pag)
form -completely isolated space, inaccessible and unused zone
• Channel in its present form is mainly used for uncontrolled disposal
of waste, smaller or larger
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'' It is functional and natural extension of slightly deposited bay of
Pag that literally requires connection to open sea. "
The channel already exists - just missing the passage of 2.1 km
to the open sea!
The development of professional background of the project
• Untill nowdays the Traffic and funcional studies nad Enviromental
impact studies has been finished
• Compleation of field research and analisys of soil materials
• There are project solutions in a form of conceptual solution, techincal
solution, invstment studies, and studies of evalutaion of economic aspects
of project
Preparation of professional material were led by
the eminent Croatian scientific institutions:
• Trafic -Functional study were made ​by the Faculty of Traffic
Engineering, University of Zagreb under the guidance
of Prof. Ljubko Šimunovic and Dr. Jerko Nuić _Geology
and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb
• Preparation of Environmental Impact Studies is coordinated by
the Croatian Hydrographic Institute, Split. It is developed
by a multidisciplinary team of 48 experts from 11 companies and
institutions
• Some tests for the purposes of this study made by Croatian
Hydrographic Institute, lasted longer than three years
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The basic features of the navigation channel Pag-Kosljun
• The total length of new channel
6,6 km
• Existing channel
4,5 km
• To be built
2,1 km
• Depth of future channel
4,0 m
• Width of future channel
45,0 m
• Radius of the curve
420,0 m
The basic features of the navigation channel Pag-Kosljun
• One boat-stop
• Other boat-stop
width 155 m and lenght 220 m
width 25 m and lenght 100 m
• Sailing during the day and night
• Two-way navigation of small vessels
• The speed limit in the channel of 5 knots
• Seaworthiness of vessels up to 3 m draft
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Allowed passage for boats 50m in lenght and 10m wide
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Touristic, receptive and transport infrastructure
• Three marinas: The city of Pag and Košljun bay
– 200 berths designed exclusivly for mega yachts,
boats longer than 20 meters
• Traffic Infrastructure
– Waterway
– New roads and bridges
– New walkways and bicycle trails (cycling'' Lungo mare'')
• Nautical center Pag - a system of channels and islands in the
lagoon of the island with 200 berths,
commercial, lodging, and recreational facilities
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Nautical Center Pag
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An elite harbour for boaters, visually aligned with the traditional
architecture and cultural heritage of the old town of Pag
Business, swimming, sports and recreational facilities
Water amusement park, plaza, parking, ethno village ...
One possible
conceptual solutions for
Uređenje novih i oplemenjivanje postojećih plaža
"Nautical Center Pag":
Corporate social responsibility and environmental
protection
• At a distance of 200 meters of the existing channel will
clean underwater worldthat is now polluted by the local landfill
• construction of the wall will obscure visibility of the
current dump, which impairs the appearance only 500 meters from
the Old town of Pag
• Pulling out of mud and debris will repaired holes in the area of
Vodice formed by drawing sand. It is particularly important to
reform the area as before the return tooriginal shape regarding
the soil erosion that threatens the area of ​road Bošana
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Corporate social responsibility and environmental
protection
• It will also rehabilitate a former quarry of Gorica, which distorts the
appearance of Gorica and directly affects the entrance to the town of
Pag
• Opens the waterway of the Old town of Pag which will
now allow ships as it used to be a canal for them. It fits into
the reconstruction site of the Old town of Pag, because in the
lower part of the site (where the canal passes) to reconstruct the
old harbor and the original street "Vela street"
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The canal connects the island
• Under Velabit canal as well as the other settlements in Pag’s bay
area: Caska with Zrće, Vidalići, Kustići, Zubovići, Metajna and city
of Pag acquire an exit to the open sea
• Significantly shortens the voyage towards the
port Šimuni, Košljun, Novalja, and Zadar. It opens with a direct the
waterway to the southern islands of the Zadar
archipelago, Silba, Ist, Molat and Ugljan, and further to the
island, Kornati and Telašćica
• From Zadar to Pag yachts will arrive in an
hour, speedboats and catamarans for less than half an
hour, and the Pag and Zadar area provides first class nautical
attraction and contributes to the valorisation of the marine region
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Ecological factors in the construction and use of the
channel
• Comparative trials have clearly demonstrated that the use of the
navigable channel is not affected by the regime and the quality of
surface and ground waterland the soil along the channel
• What has to be concerned with the application of safeguards in the
period of using the channel is expected to reduce the possibility
of contamination of groundwater infiltration and surface water in
the project area and even a moderate improvement on the present
state
• During construction of the canal will be used special
equipment and specific approach in order to reduce total impact on
the salt plants and the city
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The immediate benefit to the public and local
community
• For every citizen the City of Pag will be provided one berth
• For every citizen who lives in the old part the City of Pag will be
provided a parking place
• Will regulate size of city parking lots, both in the summer not to
cause traffic jams because of insufficient parking spaces
• It will be built and a small mole on the part of the channel to the
site of the Old town of Pag
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The immediate benefit to the public and local
community
• At the entrance of the channel Pag - Kosljun will be
built while reloading for the maritime transport of
salt for Solana Pag
• Shiltnig of beaches and bays with small sand (previously washed in
sea)
• Will prepare a project ”one citizen-one stock” for all citizens the
City of Pag in the project of waterway Pag - Kosljun
• The realization of the project generates significant number
of jobs in the construction of canals and in
associated facilities during construction and after it
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Key Business Indicators of Project
• The total value of investment in the project 1,6 billions kuna
– construction of canals and other facilities
• Total number of employees
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- in primary industries
200 employee
- with the supporting activities
600 employee
• The value of social benefit
635 millions kuna
Project acquires:
– large direct fiscal benefits at the national, regional and local level
– economic impacts of this project are long-term and long
lasting and will increase as the waterway increasingly is being used
The expected effects of increased touristic spending
The construction of the waterway channel will be positively and
significantly affect the development of tourism in the island of Pag and
Kosljun by increasing:
• 60% of the total number of tourist arrivals and 65% of the total number
of tourist stays
• single extra consumption for 2.3 up to 2.7 times
• Expected average extension of the tourist season by an average
of 30additional days, and increase in services related to tourism by 80%
Developing of the Economy
• In the case of the optimal use of sea south of the pedestrian
bridge in the town of Pag and in Košljun bay, and construction of
nautical necessary infrastructure, the newly - added value
only from nautical tourism, can be measured with the current
multiple-effect of neraby marina ACI Simuni
• The channel is an infrastructural facility, which makes
the backbone for the further flourishing economy of the island and
the construction of canal to create long-term foundations
for economic development for the next period longer than 20 years
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Developing of the Economy
• Channel with its operation immediately becomes center for
new business investments in a variety of activities, but also a
business incubator that will encourage small and medium
business and run clusters of activities and investments to
awaken and develop the tourist and fishing fleet
• Waterway becomes a strong sales channel that brings new customers
for existing and future Pag tourism products
and merchandise brands
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Access to the project implementation
• The uniqueness of the project and the fact that there is never anything
like that in Croatia has been built, has created a need for a variety of
new approvals and permits
• 14 ministeries are involved in project more than 100 experties of all
areas of science, engineering, and economic expertees
• To obtain all the legal requirements for the project in its entirety, is a
necessary partnership between the state, counties, city and developers
We look forward to our cooperation!