Tanks and military vehicles yesterday led to a collapse on the streets of Novi Belgrade and Zemun, due to changes in the traffic regime.
Ministry of Defense and The Army of Serbia on September 20, will realize the manifestation "Strength of Unity 2025" in the area around the Palace of Serbia, which is why tanks have been deployed on the streets of Belgrade, as part of the preparation of the manifestation itself.
The movement of heavy machinery caused clouds of dust, and certain sections of the road were additionally damaged, so drivers testified that the asphalt was "crushed" under the tracks.
Military trucks, trucks with anti-aircraft missiles, armored vehicles, drones, armored personnel carriers, multiple rocket launchers and tanks were also on the streets.
Students: Milionche, so jovo again
Students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade spoke about the appearance of military vehicles and equipment on the streets of New Belgrade, also alluding to how much military vehicles destroyed the road itself.
Next to the message "So, do you think you can (intimidate us)" on the post of the students in the blockade of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, it also says "Just be careful that your tanks don't ruin this little misery of the roads we have".
Clearly alluding to the complete destruction of the asphalt by tanks and other military vehicles, but that's how much it will cost Belgrade to repair the damaged asphalt.
Numerous road repairs this summer
In August of this year, the Belgrade Committee of the Serbia Center party announced that the asphalting of Teodora Drajzera Street has not yet been completed, although the deadline for the completion of the works has been postponed three times, so they are already taking almost 11 months instead of seven.
The asphalting of that street and the replacement of water pipes in a length of 2.000 meters cost as much as 1,8 million euros.
Asphalt on Zeleni venc was being repaired in June of this year, although the work on it was completed only a month before it was rehabilitated. "Time" was written.
"I expect it to be done in the next few months and according to the information they gave me, by the end of the year we will have that passage that will look like the passages on Terazije," Šapić said then.
Asphalting was also done this summer in Vojislav Ilić Street and 99 Street of Fallen Fighters in Ugrinovci.
All campaigns of the Republic Square
Undoubtedly, the most famous works of this summer belonged to Republic Square.
Announcements about the reconstruction were heard during the city's pre-election campaign back in 2016, when the mayor at the time, Siniša Mali, announced that after the renovation, the people of Belgrade, as well as all the tourists who visit Belgrade, will finally feel as if they are in the "central square of the capital of Serbia". They got a concreted space without any content.
Nine years later, in July 2025, passing through the central square is difficult for transport, but also for pedestrians, since the Square has been reconstructed again, for the umpteenth time.