The long-term plan involves constructing four traffic lanes that would connect Zmaja od Bosne Street (the intersection near SCC) with the Suada and Olga Bridge, specifically the intersection of Terezija and Zagrebačka Streets on the other side of the Miljacka River. This is a road that vertically connects some of the most important traffic routes in Sarajevo—the main city thoroughfare and the Southern Longitudinal Road.
The Zero Transversal includes the entrance and exit for the Parliamentary Assembly and institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo City Center, and a large public parking lot owned by the company Bosman. To begin work on building additional traffic lanes, expropriation of part of the property along the roadway is required. Most importantly, it is necessary for the Ombudsman's Office to stop obstructing the entire process over 22 square meters of sidewalk.
As confirmed to Klix.ba by the Centar Municipality, the Property-Legal, Geodetic Affairs, and Real Estate Cadaster Service of the Centar Municipality Sarajevo conducted a plot subdivision procedure initiated at the request of the Ministry of Transport of the Sarajevo Canton—Roads Directorate—for the subdivision of plots within the scope of city construction land, based on a final decision on urban consent issued by the Urban Planning and Environmental Protection Service of the Centar Municipality. This consent was granted to the investor, the Ministry of Transport of the Sarajevo Canton—Roads Directorate, for carrying out reconstruction and construction work on part of the Zero Transversal, specifically the section from the intersection with Zmaja od Bosne Street to the intersection with Vilsonovo Šetalište Street.
The procedure was concluded after the Federal Administration for Geodetic and Property-Legal Affairs, as the second-instance body, rejected appeals against the plot subdivision decision filed by the Ombudsman's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Magros Veletrgovine d.o.o., deeming them unfounded.
The final decision with the plot subdivision application was sent to the Land Registry Office of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo for implementation, but the documentation was returned as unenforceable because a new mortgage (February 2026) was recorded on one of the plots (owned by Bosman d.o.o.), for which the consent of the mortgagee/bank had not been obtained.
In a letter from the Service dated April 2, 2026, the plot owner Bosman d.o.o. and Asa Bank, as the mortgagee, were requested to supplement the previously given consent for plot subdivision.
"The Property-Legal, Geodetic Affairs, and Real Estate Cadaster Service has not yet received a proposal for the expropriation of properties for the purpose of carrying out reconstruction and construction work on part of the Zero Transversal," added the Centar Municipality.
What is contentious for the Ombudsman's Office of BiH is the 22 square meters of sidewalk located on state land. Given previous moves, it can be expected that they will file appeals again, even though this is a matter of public interest. The ideal scenario would be for the state ombudsman not to file an appeal, considering, we repeat, the public interest of all citizens of BiH, and to allow the construction of four lanes on a 200-300 meter stretch of road.
Earlier, cantonal institutions successfully reached an agreement with the companies Bosman and Feroelektro, on whose property this roadway (the parking lot next to SCC) would be expanded.
It has been confirmed to us that the reconstruction of the second part of the Zero Transversal, specifically Fra Anđela Zvizdovića Street, will begin soon, as the Mayor of Centar Municipality, Srđan Mandić, recently signed an agreement with the Roads Directorate of the Sarajevo Canton.